[Libs-Or] Understanding a turbulent world to develop library policy agenda

[Diedre Conkling]

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2014/08/understanding-turbulent-world-develop-library-policy-agenda/

Understanding a turbulent world to develop library policy agenda
Posted on August 19, 2014 by Jazzy Wright

Today, the American Library Association (ALA) releases the draft “Trends
Report: Snapshots of a Turbulent World”
<http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ALA_Trends_Report_Policy_Revolution_Aug19_2014.pdf>
(with Appendix I (pdf)
<http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ALA_Trends_Report_Appendix1_Aug19_2014.pdf>
and Appendix II (pdf)
<http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ALA_Trends_Report_Appendix2_Aug19_2014.pdf>)
to stimulate discussion about and ultimately inform a national policy
agenda for the U.S. library community. A draft policy agenda will be
developed for public comment through the Policy Revolution!
<http://www.ala.org/news/node/9649> initiative led by the ALA Office for
Information Technology Policy (OITP) with guidance from its Library
Advisory Committee (LAC).

“The speed of change related to technology and the linked policy dimensions
is breathtaking. Similarly, library roles and demands are evolving, and so
the library community’s national policy priorities need to be critically
reviewed and realigned accordingly,” said OITP Advisory Committee Chair and
LAC Ex Officio Member Dan Lee.

As a baseline component for this analysis of public policy, the ALA
undertook a broad-ranging scan of the horizon of emerging trends affecting
U.S. communities. Studies, reports, and more substantive articles on major
trends relevant were reviewed, categorized, analyzed, and debated in the
past months. ALA Executive Board and LAC member James G. Neal will discuss
this report as part of a panel <http://conference.ifla.org/ifla80/node/424>
this week at the International Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress in Lyon, France.

The Policy Revolution! is a three-year initiative funded by the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation. It includes three major components: establishing
policy priorities, engaging decision makers and influencers to advance
policy goals, and upgrading ALA policy advocacy practice and capabilities
for long-term sustainability.

ALA invites comments on the draft by September 15, 2014. Comments should be
posted below or emailed to Larra Clark at lclark at alawash dot org, with
the subject line “Comments on Trends Report.” We invite both substantive
comments, as well as ideas about how subsets of this material may be useful
in various strategy and planning endeavors. The final trends report is
expected to be published this fall.



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