Saturday, February 12, 2011

Cites & Insights March 2011 available

Cites & Insights 11:3 (March 2011) is now available at http://citesandinsights.info/civ11i3.pdf

The 32-page issue (PDF, but with HTML separates in the links below) includes:

Bibs & Blather (p. 1)


Announcing preorder availability of Open Access: What You Need to Know Now, from ALA Editions.

Making it Work Perspective: Five Years Later: Library 2.0 and Balance (cont.) (p. 1-22)


The rest of the story, focusing on looking back, looking forward; balance in libraries; balance in librarians and service; and "the next Library 2.0?"--which I do not plan to cover.

Trends & Quick Takes Perspective: Forecasts and Futurism (p. 23-32)


Seven commentaries on how 2010 forecasts worked out, ten forecasts for 2011, two pieces on the perils of futurism and a few library futures.