One of my favourites, written from the community view.
EXPECT MORE: DEMANDING BETTER LIBRARIES FOR TODAY’S COMPLEX WORLD
Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries For Today’s Complex World
Libraries have existed for millennia, but today many question their necessity. In an ever more digital and connected world, do we still need places of books in our towns, colleges, or schools? If libraries aren’t about books, what are they about?
In Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries For Today’s Complex World, David Lankes, winner of the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for the Best Book in Library Literature, walks you through what to expect out of your library. Lankes argues that, to thrive, communities need libraries that go beyond bricks and mortar, and beyond books and literature. We need to expect more out of our libraries. They should be places of learning and advocates for our communities in terms of privacy, intellectual property, and economic development.
Expect More is a rallying call to communities to raise the bar, and their expectations, for great libraries.
The second edition and free download was made possible with the generous support of:
Cuyahoga County Public Library (Ohio), The Northeast Kansas Library System
RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System), New York State Library, ILEAD USA, Maine State Library, Topeka Public Library (Kansas), Chattanooga Public Library (Tennessee), Fairfield Public Library (Connecticut), Enoch Pratt Free Library (Maryland), F. Franklin Moon Memorial Library, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, The Califa Library Group, Fayetteville Free Library (New York), Toronto Public Library, California Library Association, Tech Logic, Syracuse University iSchool, Dominican University’s School of Information Studies, University of South Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science.
The Second Edition of Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries For Today’s Complex World is now available for free download and purchase.
You can buy it from:
Paperback:
CreateSpace Online Store (preferred) and Amazon
eBook:
Download:
Free, downloadable English version of the second edition of Expect More. Note, these files have no DRM.
Translations:
Using Expect More Videos:
The following videos deconstruct the Expect More text and talk about using the text within a larger conversation about libraries and library service.
1. The Arab Spring: Expect the Exceptional
Chapter 2: The Argument for Better Libraries: Expect Impact
Chapter 3: The Mission of Libraries: Expect More Than Books
Chapter 4: Facilitating Knowledge Creation: Expect to Create
Chapter 5: Improve Society: Expect Grander
Chapter 6: Communities: Expect a Platform
Chapter 7: Librarians: Expect Brilliance
Chapter 8: Action Plan: Expect More
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