Panel:
- H. Frank Dervone, Purdue Univ
- David Lee King, Topeka and Shawnee County PL
- Mike Diaz, ProQuest
- Dick Kaser, Info Today
- Joseph McKendrick, Unisphere Research
- think BIG, start small, move fast
- Library Resource Guide benchmark study
- over 700 libs responded to the study
- books have maintained their budget share (from 2011 to 2012)
- public libs more optimistic than academic and special wrt next year's budget
- public libs in general don't do a good job of arguing for what they need: I need to do that for my dept...argue for what I need to improve virtual services...and do it at the right time for budget!
- libs are increasing investment in: ebooks, support for cloud-based solutions
- cloud based computing will grow, esp for smaller libs
- some ils systems are moving to the cloud (really?!...hmmm)
- David Lee King's lib had an MBA holding business librarian who helps peeps with business plans etc.
- cloud computing by libs is up from last year
- libs priorities for coming year: patrons are key
- shift to community-based services (irl or virtually)
- complete report online here...can also email info@dbta.com for a complimentary copy...would be interesting to see how tbpl stacks up esp wrt ebooks
- sector reports will be available over the next ten days -- public, academic and special libs reported on by size of institution
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