IFLA and Trends

Abstract

This report presents the results of a survey of IFLA’s members and volunteers in order to gather their ideas about where the Trends identified in IFLA’s Trend report may affect work to achieve the goals set out in the IFLA Strategy.

Respondents highlight in particular the impact of technological change on our work to build capacity across the field, both in terms of evolutions in needs, and the means by which we can meet them. Nonetheless, the interactions seen as most significant vary between regions, and each area of IFLA’s work is affected by a different combination of Trends.

This report, crucially, offers a starting point for further thinking about what factors may shape the future of international librarianship – a topic that will be very much in focus as IFLA approaches its centenary.