{"title":"Betting on the future? Double down on libraries","authors":"Norm Medeiros","doi":"10.1108/OCLC-10-2013-0034","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – This article aims to describe three recent books that forecast the future of libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The article focuses on the transformative changes taking place in collections and technical services. Findings – The article finds that open access has secured a strong foothold in the information world. Originality/value – The article provides a vision of the future that is largely positive for libraries.","PeriodicalId":444419,"journal":{"name":"OCLC Syst. Serv.","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"OCLC Syst. Serv.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1108/OCLC-10-2013-0034","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Purpose – This article aims to describe three recent books that forecast the future of libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The article focuses on the transformative changes taking place in collections and technical services. Findings – The article finds that open access has secured a strong foothold in the information world. Originality/value – The article provides a vision of the future that is largely positive for libraries.