In this much needed book, Kenneth J Varnum and his hand-picked team of contributors look ahead over the most important technologies likely to impact library services over the next five years. Their ideas will stimulate strategic thinking and help library staff make informed decisions about meeting user expectations and delivering services. Highly informative for any library, the diverse chapters include:



Impetus to innovate: convergence and library trends
Hands-free augmented reality: impacting the library future
Libraries and archives augmenting the world
The future of cloud-based library systems
Library discovery
Web services as the new websites for many libraries
Text mining
Bigger, better, together: building the digital library of the future
Open hardware in libraries.

Readership: This leading-edge collection offers an expert-level view of library technology that’s just around the corner and is essential reading for systems librarians, students and all librarians who are looking to the technology future.