Session 16 - Reading Assignment

Please come to class prepared to discuss the following information. Assigned Web sites require you to read and familiarize yourself with the home page and then browse through the site, unless specifically asked to read certain pages.  You are not required to read everything on the site.  Articles should be read in their entirety.

• Dixon, Sandy, "Planning for the Library’s Future,"  Iowa Library Trustee’s Handbook: 31-36.
• Hightower, Jim, "Why Libraries Matter," American Libraries (January 2004): 50-52.

• Casey, Michael and Laura Savastinuk, "Library 2.0: Service for the Next Generation Library," Library Journal (September 1, 2006): 40-42.

• Perlman, Ellen, "Critical Connectors," Governing (December 2006): 57.  [In your Resource packet.]
• Rippel, Chris, "What Libraries Can Learn From Bookstores," WebJunction Iowa.
• Andriani, Lynn, "Netflix Book Model Draws Competitors," Publishers Weekly Online (July 2, 2007).
• Simon, Matthew, "Will the Library Survive the Internet?: What Patrons Value in Public Libraries," Public Libraries (March/April, 2002): 104-106 [In your Resource packet.]
• Coombs, Karen, "Planning for Now and Then," Library Journal's Net Connection (October 15, 2006): 2-3.
• American Library Association's TechSource.  Browse the site and read a few of the posts on the TechSource Blog.