From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:30:20 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [141.239.157.163] (account joan@cni.org HELO [172.16.0.2]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 29108605 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:17:17 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_3634A29D-44B0-4D37-8990-3277151C86B9" Subject: NMC Horizon Report - Library Edition 2015 X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:17:15 -0400 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org (cni-announce@cni.org)" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_3634A29D-44B0-4D37-8990-3277151C86B9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear cni-announce subscribers: The New Media Consortium (NMC) has released the Horizon Report - Library = Edition 2015. It is available at http://www.nmc.org/publication/nmc-horizon-report-2015-library-edition/ The report identifies trends accelerating technology adoption in = academic and research libraries in three time "horizons" and also notes = challenges impeding technology adoption and important developments in = technology for academic and research libraries. Some of the findings are that "Increasing Value of the User Experience" = and "Prioritization of Mobile Content and Delivery" are key short-term = impact trends driving changes in academic and research libraries over = the next one to two years. The "Evolving Nature of the Scholarly Record" = and "Increasing Focus on Research Data Management" are mid-term impact = trends expected to accelerate technology use in the next three to five = years; and "Increasing Accessibility of Research Content" and = "Rethinking Library Spaces" are long-term impact trends, anticipated to = impact libraries for the next five years or more. The report contains = much more, including links to initiatives in libraries. Disclosure - I participated on the advisory panel for this report.=20 Joan Lippincott CNI= --Apple-Mail=_3634A29D-44B0-4D37-8990-3277151C86B9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Dear = cni-announce subscribers:

The New Media Consortium = (NMC) has released the Horizon Report - Library Edition 2015. It is = available at

The report identifies trends = accelerating technology adoption in academic and research libraries in = three time "horizons" and also notes challenges impeding technology = adoption and important developments in technology for academic and = research libraries.

Some of the findings = are that "Increasing Value of the User Experience" and = "Prioritization of Mobile Content and Delivery" are key short-term = impact trends driving changes in academic and research libraries over = the next one to two years. The "Evolving Nature of the Scholarly Record" = and "Increasing Focus on Research Data Management" are mid-term impact = trends expected to accelerate technology use in the next three to five = years; and "Increasing Accessibility of Research Content" = and "Rethinking Library Spaces" are long-term impact = trends, anticipated to impact libraries for the next five years or more. = The report contains much more, including links to initiatives in = libraries.

Disclosure - I participated = on the advisory panel for this = report. 

Joan = Lippincott
CNI
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