The June issue of the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) College & Research Libraries News comprises a literature review performed by members of the ACRL Research Planning and Review committee. The committee has identified the '2010 Top Ten Trends in Academic Libraries.'
The ACRL Research, Planning and Review Committee is responsible for creating and updating a continuous and dynamic environmental scan for the association that encompasses trends in academic librarianship, higher education, and the broader environment. As a part of this effort, the committee developed a list of the top 10 trends that are affecting academic libraries now and in the near future. This list was compiled based on an extensive review of current literature. The committee also developed an e-mail survey that was sent to 9,812 ACRL members in February 2010. Although the response rate was small (about 5 percent), it reportedly helped to clarify the trends.
The committee's summary is seen to further explain widely discussed big picture trends. This includes the expanding need for scholarly communications leadership, budget pressures, the need for local digitisation, the growth of mobile services and technological upheaval.
The trends, listed in alphabetical order, can be accessed online at http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/6/286.full
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