Global Library Trends
Explore progressive library services, models, or participatory practices outside the United States that relate to our course themes. What lessons can we learn from global innovations? This brief can be a compelling introduction for your library director or admin team to international practices. This option also supports the development of a professional artifact aligned with Core Competency O (Global Perspectives). Your brief may be designed to introduce these international concepts to your library director or admin team.
Need inspiration? Take a look at the following selected links but feel free to select a topic not include here as well.
- Dokk1 in Aarhus (Perhaps synthesize the professional literature about this innovative library? What steps did they take to plan it?…)
- The Model Programme for Public Libraries (What is it? Who originated it? Who is using it? How can libraries use it?)
- IFLA Trends Report (What is it? How does it align with other trends reports and our course?)
- IFLA Global Vision (What is it? How does it align our course?)
- Learning 2.0 or Mobile 23 Things Style Programs (What is it? Where did it come from? What global impact has it had?) (And this from Ireland!)
- Digital Inclusion in Australia (What is it? What can we learn from this initiative?)
Our Global-themed CYOA Modules:
- Dokk1 Library Aarhus, Denmark
- Global Communities & Global Librarianship
- Wide Brown Land: Australia Travels
Even more inspirations:
- Auckland Humanity Project
- Baute, N. (2013). How a Modern Library Keeps Mothers Healthy in Rural Ghana
- Beck, K. (2016). Particpatory Archiving in Caribe Sur
- Bike Library scheme looks to extend across Yorkshire. (2015).
- Holmquist, Jan (2016). Open Libraries.
- Invercargill “Keeping Up with the Librarians” Presentation from APLIC18
- Invercargill Twitter
- Michaelson, E. (2013). Toronto’s Kitchen Library Brings Appliances to All.
- State Library of Queensland
- SLQ Digital Strategy