2008 Kansas State Library
Public Library Administrator Training

Kate Marek: Influences on Public Libraries Finding Trends in the Literature and in Society

June 6, 2008
Salina, KS

Selected Resources

Anderson, Chris. "Free: Why $0.00 is the Future of Business." Wired Magazine, March 2008, pages 140-149ff. See also http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free

Beck, John C. and Mitchell Wade. Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is Reshaping Business Forever. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.

Gladwell, Malcolm. "In the Air: Who Says Big Ideas Are Rare?" New Yorker, May 12, 2008, p. 50-60.

Johnson, Richard K., and Judy Luther. The E-Only Tipping Point for Journals: What's Ahead in the Print-to-Electronic Transition Zone. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 2007.

Lippincott, Joan K. "Net Generation Students and Libraries." Educating the Net Generation. Ed. Diana G. Oblinger and James L. Oblinger. Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE, 2005. 13.1 - 13.15.

Martin, Patricia. RenGen: The Rise of the Cultural Consumer - and What It Means to Your Business. New York: Platinum Press, 2007.

Morville, Peter. Ambient Findability. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Press, 2005. [See also, findability.org (blog)

Senge, Peter, et al. The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World. New York: Doubleday Business, 2008.

Shirky, Clay. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. New York: Penguin Press, 2008.
See also Clay Shirky on Brian Lehrer Live - Google video link at http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=shirky&sitesearch= and Here Comes Everybody blog at http://herecomeseverybody.org

Surowiecki, James. The Wisdom of Crowds. New York: Doubleday, 2004.

Weinberger, David. Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder. New York: Times Books, 2007.
See also http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/, http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/06/25/why-we-need-librarians/, and David Weinberger on Google Tech Talks

Ann Arbor District Library, http://www.aadl.org

Darien (Connecticut) Library, http://www.darienlibrary.org

Library Thing, http://www.librarything.com