In this blog report, you will consider how global trends for libraries from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) impact your chosen information community. You will examine trends from the IFLA Trend Report and combine them with course materials and your own research to create a scenario of how libraries may support your community in the future.
Getting Started
- Download and review the IFLA Trend Report 2024
- Identify some global trends in the executive summary that you’d like to explore.
- Read the overview of those global trends.
- Read a scenario as an example of incorporating the global trends.
- Consider a similar scenario using one or more global trends that could apply to your community.
- Review Module 12 resources.
- Search for articles and professional literature related to an IFLA trend and your community or a related community. Consider:
- Does this global trend relate to course materials and information theories you have explored this semester?
- Are there libraries that offer programs or services reflecting the global trend? Consider libraries outside of the United States for a global perspective.
- What challenges or opportunities does the research present for applying this trend to your community?
- Ways that you can share your discoveries and observations in hopes that your experience can prepare and even educate fellow information professionals.
- Cite course resources and your own independent research. You can include research studies as well as professional literature.
- Consider whether you want to use links, images, or other multimedia in your blog report. If you will be using them, start to gather those resources.
- Write this blog report to fit into your research paper’s Discussion section, perhaps under a heading such as “Future Library Trends for Citizen Scientists.” This is not self-plagiarism!
Assignment Requirements
- Include a scenario for libraries and your community based on information from the IFLA Trend Report, articles, and professional literature from your own research, and course materials.
- The blog must be shared on your iSchool WordPress blog site.
- Blog reports must be at least 500 words in length, including references. While there is no requirement for maximum word count, a word count of 1000 or less is encouraged.
- Any references should be in APA 7th edition format.
- Hanging indents are difficult to add in WordPress, so are not required for blogs.
Grading Criteria
| Criteria | Points |
| Required Components | 1 |
| Mechanics | 1 |
| Comprehension and Analysis | 1 |
| Connections to Course Content and Information Science | 1 |
| Total | 4 |
- Required components evaluates whether the blog report has a solid organizational foundation and includes all required elements stated in the assignment. You should present a scenario of how libraries may support your community in the future. Your scenario should be based on professional literature and material from the IFLA Trend Report, course materials, and your own research; you should share your discoveries and observations in a way that prepares or educates other information professionals.
- Mechanics assesses the quality of writing and technical aspects of the blog report. Your report’s delivery is polished, clean, and shows evidence of significant effort. The report is engaging and follows a logical thought process. If images, links, or other media are included, they are used thoughtfully. The report is grammatically correct, lacking spelling, syntax, or punctuation errors; APA 7 referencing is technically correct in the narrative and the reference list.
- Comprehension and analysis assesses your broad understanding of the ideas and ability to integrate the ideas into your work. You should demonstrate a broad understanding of your information community’s information issues based on IFLA Trends.
- Connections to course content and information science evaluates how you use INFO 200 materials and LIS theories as a framework for your ideas. You should clearly and fully incorporate information from the IFLA Trend Report as well as literature and materials from the course.
Before Submitting Your Assignment
- Spell and grammar check your report.
- Take a break from blogging and come back later to manually proofread your report. Since your reports will be shared on the open web, they should be well-organized, evidence-based, and professionally written.
- Check that any links or multimedia in your blog are working correctly.
Submitting Your Assignment
Publish your blog report on your WordPress blog. Submit the URL for blog report 6 to Canvas.
If you need technical support for your blog, please review the WordPress/Blogging Technical Support links provided in Blog Report 1.