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Future Perspectives in Libraries, Librarianship and Information Science

A Handbook of Concise Scenarios

  • 1st Edition - May 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo, David Baker, Lucy Ellis
  • Language: English

The evolving landscape of libraries, librarianship, and information science (LIS) necessitates a forward-looking resource to explore future trends and challenges. Future Pe… Read more

Description

The evolving landscape of libraries, librarianship, and information science (LIS) necessitates a forward-looking resource to explore future trends and challenges. Future Perspectives in Libraries, Librarianship and Information Science: A Handbook of Concise Scenarios fills this gap by gathering perspectives into a comprehensive collection of thought-provoking insights, grounded in existing literature and the expert analyses of contributing authors, while encouraging them to infuse their texts unique visions. This exercise is designed to address the need for innovative strategies to adapt LIS practices and frameworks to emerging technological, social, and economic changes. By featuring concise, targeted chapters, the book seeks to maximize the breadth of diverse topics and voices, making it an invaluable resource for LIS professionals, educators, and students. This work not only provides actionable insights into the future of the field but also seeks to contribute a resource for sparking the creativity of its readers, encouraging them to take a proactive role in shaping the profession’s trajectory

Key features

  • Contributors to Future Perspectives in Libraries, Librarianship and Information Science are experienced Library and Information Science or LIS researchers and practitioners, ensuring a balance between evidence-based projections and innovative thinking about the future of LIS
  • The chapters in the book are designed to inspire actionable strategies and approaches, helping professionals and educators implement forward-thinking practices in their work
  • By presenting thought-provoking content and encouraging the exploration of the future of LIS, this book stimulates the creativity, imagination and innovation of readers, with the aim of fostering their proactive engagement with the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of them
  • The book has an exceptionally strong and experienced editorial team

Readership

LIS and other social sciences professors and educators: faculty members teaching LIS courses will find the book a valuable tool for introducing innovative concepts and fostering critical discussions about the evolution of the profession

Table of contents

Future directions in uncertain times
Information science
Data
Information
Knowledge
Information sources
LIS education
LIS as a profession
LIS professionals
LIS ethics
Academic integrity
LIS inter, trans and multidisciplinary relationships
Education and LIS
Business and administration and LIS
Digital humanities and LIS
Health sciences and LIS
Law and LIS
LIS and scientific research(ers)
Scholarly publishing and LIS
The publishing industry and LIS
Data science / big data / data mining
Open science
Digital transformation
Libraries
Information services
Information seeking
Reading
Collections
Cataloguing and classification
Storage and spaces
The book
Serials
Multimedia and transmedia
Gamification
Marketing of LIS and information services
Economics of Information
Machine learning and LIS
AI and LIS (as discipline)
AI and information services
AI and information users
Algorithmic literacy
Research and AI
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Mixture of Experts (MoE)
AI ethics
Metadata
Hardware
Software
Library systems
Digital libraries
Virtual and augmented reality
Smart libraries
Information technologies
Open access
Repositories
Research data management
Metrics and research evaluation
Disruptive innovations
Equity, diversity and inclusion
Indigenous knowledges
Sustainability
LIS and social/economic development
Literacies
Intellectual property and freedom of information
Writing
Assessment and value of LIS
Library as a place
Disabilities and accessibility
Funding LIS
Disinformation and misinformation
Fake news, false information and literacy
Information/digital access and information poverty
Censorship
Decolonization
Future information dynamics

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo

Professor Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo is a Professor at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACH). PhD in Information and Communication Sciences (Tallinn University, Estonia). His research interests include: information literacy, action research, evaluation of scientific production and bibliometrics, open access and digital libraries. He has more than 20 years of working experience in archives, libraries, higher education, and professional development. He has published over more than 140 scientific publications: 93 articles, 8 books, 29 chapters and 20 editorial notes prepared for journal issue which he has edited and co-edited
Affiliations and expertise
Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies

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David Baker

Professor David Baker has over 30 years’ experience in higher education, including as Principal and Chief Executive of Plymouth Marjon University, and as Deputy Chair of the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc).

He holds a Chair in Strategic Information Management from Plymouth Marjon University. His degrees include an MLS, a PhD and an MBA. He also holds fellowships from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, the Chartered Management Institute and the Royal Society of Arts.

He has written widely in the field of library and information management with 20 monographs and over 100 articles to his credit. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Major Reference Work titled Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science (Elsevier, 2025)
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Strategic Information Management, University of St Mark & St John, UK

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Lucy Ellis

Dr Lucy Ellis is Senior Associate of David Baker Consulting and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, UK. She is currently working as a consultant with a number of HE and FE institutions to transform their governance, research and scholarly activity. Along with David Baker she is Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Major Reference Work Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship and Information Science (Elseiver, 2025) and Series Editor for two Elsevier book series dealing with information structures in HE titled Digital Information Reviews and Advances in Information. Her background is as a lecturer, research scientist and project development consultant
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Associate, David Baker Consulting, Exeter, UK; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK