OCLC Research contributes chapter to book on library futures

OCLC Executive Director of Research Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., has contributed a chapter, “We Are Not Alone: Libraries Making a Stronger Impact in a Global Community,” to the recently published book Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries. This new book “explores the lessons learned over the past decade and forecasts the opportunities, strengths, and challenges for libraries in the future.”  

In this interview, Dr. Silipigni-Connaway discusses research on the impacts of community relationship-building, partnerships, and technological advances on the future of libraries with Library 2035’s editor, Dr. Sandra Hirsh. Click to watch their conversation and learn more about the book here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ3sWzEAeHw.

Find the book on WorldCat.

 

Suggested Citations

Connaway, L.S. “We are not alone: Libraries Making a Stronger Impact in a Global Community.” Library 2035: Imagining the next generation of libraries, edited by Sandra Hirsh, Rowman & Littlefield, 2024, 63-68.

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni. 2024. “We Are Not Alone: Libraries Making a Stronger Impact In a Global Community.” Chap. 9 in Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries, edited by Sandra Hirsh, 63-68.  New York: Rowman & Littlefield. YouTube video presented by Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Sandra Hirsh, produced by SJSU School of Information, 22 April 2024 (15:32). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ3sWzEAeHw.