Dec 18, 2016
Libraries as Convener, Enabler, Distributor, Advocate and Archive in the Future Knowledge Economy
By 2026, there will be no information and services industry targeting products to the library marketplace. Content and applications will be directed to the consumer. Open resources for learning, research and recreation, and open source tools supporting innovation, and individual and organizational productivity, will be more prevalent in the global economy. Self-publishing and niche technology development will dominate. Information policy wars will dictate national and global legal and legislative debates. Libraries will be effectively integrated into the new creative environments.
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James G. Neal
Columbia
University
University Librarian Emeritus
University Librarian Emeritus
Jim Neal is University
Librarian Emeritus at Columbia. He served as the Vice President for
Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia
University during 2001-2014, providing leadership for university
academic computing and a system of twenty-two libraries. His
responsibilities included the Columbia Center for New Media
Teaching and Learning, the Center for Digital Research and
Scholarship, the Copyright Advisory Office, and the Center for
Human Rights Documentation and Research. Previously, he served as
the Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University and Johns
Hopkins University, and held administrative positions in the
libraries at Penn State, Notre Dame, and the City University of New
York.
Neal is President-Elect of the American Library Association. He is also a member of the OCLC Board of Trustees. He serves on the Council and Executive Board of the American Library Association, and recently completed a three-year term as ALA Treasurer. He has served on the Board and as President of the Association of Research Libraries, on the Board and as Chair of the Research Libraries Group (RLG), on the Board and as Chair of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), and on the Board of the Digital Preservation Network. He is on the Board and serves as Treasurer of the Freedom to Read Foundation, and on the Board and serves as Treasurer of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO). He has also participated on numerous international, national, and state professional committees, and is an active member of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). He is a member of the Library Advisory Board of the University of the People.
Neal is President-Elect of the American Library Association. He is also a member of the OCLC Board of Trustees. He serves on the Council and Executive Board of the American Library Association, and recently completed a three-year term as ALA Treasurer. He has served on the Board and as President of the Association of Research Libraries, on the Board and as Chair of the Research Libraries Group (RLG), on the Board and as Chair of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), and on the Board of the Digital Preservation Network. He is on the Board and serves as Treasurer of the Freedom to Read Foundation, and on the Board and serves as Treasurer of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO). He has also participated on numerous international, national, and state professional committees, and is an active member of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). He is a member of the Library Advisory Board of the University of the People.