Library as Commons
Many of the communities I have assisted with their planning have indicated that they would like to see their libraries serve as community commons. Listed below are some sources of ideas for new and effective ways to offer this service, and make your library a hub of the community.
Resources
- "The Future of Libraries: It's Up to Us" by Cheryl Bryan, New England Libraries, Vol. 2, No. 3: April, 2006 www.nelibraries.org/200604
- The Experience Economy
After B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore www.managingchange.com/masscust/experien.htm
- "The Future of Libraries" Thomas Frey, The DaVinci Institute. www.davinciinstitute.com/page.php?ID=120
- "Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005), OCLN". www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm
- "OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition (2003)". www.oclc.org/reports/escan
- Envirosell retail research after Paco Underhill. www.envirosell.com/retail/retail_r.html
- "Library 2.0" from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_2.0