Managing a 21st-Century Library Collection

Some ideas from the conclusion of this article (Managing a 21st-Century Library Collection)

 about to what librarians need be doing to assure the future of libraries:

• work with different players in every aspect of the information supply chain.

• we need to engage our users. 
  
• we need to be out there finding out how they do their research and how they do their work.

•  understanding users is an important prerequisite before we work on engaging users

• we really need to get our resources out to where students do their work

• we need to engage our content providers in conversations about licensing terms and how we should

• we have to be engaged with our system providers, making sure we are not just getting the system we deserve, but actually getting a system that we really need.