The next 5 years

[Jonathan Esterhazy]

sean dreilinger <sean at savvysearch.com> wrote:

>i still don't get the question clearly -- care to elaborate a tiny bit?
>
>sounds like you are not just doing a web development plan but a
>comprehensive IT plan and want input from web4lib on the web-specific
>issues?
>
>or input from web4lib on all the long range issues (web development or
>otherwise) that influence an IT plan?
>
>or are you working not on an IT plan but something focused narrowly on
>web-development tactics, and seeking $.02 that direction?

What I'm looking for is pretty ambiguous -- and all your questions fit.

My sense is that the web is beginning to transform a lot of library services
and functions in very fundamental ways, and that our public service and
IT planning processes are not adequately preparing us for these changes.
So I'm trying to put together a picture of where we will be in a few years,
so we can work that into our long range planning (public services,
collections, and technology planning) *now*.

I hope that doesn't make it *less* clear. :)


Jonathan Esterhazy (jonathan_esterhazy at umanitoba.ca)
Web Developer,
University of Manitoba Libraries