‘Tis the Season to Discuss Our Future

Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian at Temple University, in his From the Bell Tower column for Library Journal, writes about the future of academic libraries.  In this first of a two-part article, “‘Tis the Season to Discuss Our Future,” he focuses on an article from the May 2009 issue of The Journal of Academic Librarianship, “Exploring the Future of Academic Libraries: A Definitional Approach.”  The article considers libraries from three perspectives: the building, the collection, and the staff, and Bell reflects on the trends for each.

For the second part of his article, Bell will look at what the MISO Survey has to say about the current status of academic libraries.  Bell attended Dave Consiglio’s June 1 NISO presentation.  We’ll have a link to the column when it’s posted.