Comments on: E eats everything, or, thoughts on futurism http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=7 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: big http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=7&cpage=1#comment-1492 big Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:09:47 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=7#comment-1492 <strong>big</strong> big big

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]]> By: rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=7&cpage=1#comment-668 rachel Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:38:22 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=7#comment-668 Good point, Alane! Even if I weren't biased :) -- I'd recommend your chapter. Good point, Alane! Even if I weren’t biased :) — I’d recommend your chapter.

]]> By: Alane http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=7&cpage=1#comment-666 Alane Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:13:35 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=7#comment-666 And, as I point out in my essay in your book, Information Tomorrows, Rachel...there are many futures and only one past. Which means, yes, we do end up extrapolating the (singular) future from the present.."too much like the present" --exactly. It's called straight line projections. My "open mind" suggestion is scenario building....essentially a "what if" exercise that yields several useful scenarios from which to build a meaningful 'to do' list. And, as I point out in my essay in your book, Information Tomorrows, Rachel…there are many futures and only one past. Which means, yes, we do end up extrapolating the (singular) future from the present..”too much like the present” –exactly. It’s called straight line projections. My “open mind” suggestion is scenario building….essentially a “what if” exercise that yields several useful scenarios from which to build a meaningful ‘to do’ list.

]]> By: Bob Watson http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=7&cpage=1#comment-633 Bob Watson Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:51:11 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=7#comment-633 "Along these lines: when we think about projects like, say, librarians’ presence in Second Life, maybe it’s best to keep an open mind or at least to admit that our perceptions of relevance might change over time — because not doing so is perhaps more a failure of imagination, limited as it is by our present experiences and concerns." Amen, Rachel. Amen. In my view, we need to keep a very sharp eye on what *non-librarians" are doing. We serve *their* needs. “Along these lines: when we think about projects like, say, librarians’ presence in Second Life, maybe it’s best to keep an open mind or at least to admit that our perceptions of relevance might change over time — because not doing so is perhaps more a failure of imagination, limited as it is by our present experiences and concerns.”

Amen, Rachel. Amen.

In my view, we need to keep a very sharp eye on what *non-librarians” are doing. We serve *their* needs.

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