1、Facing the future of information with confidence Professor Michael Dezuanni and Dr Kim OsmanFunded byFOREWORD BY VICKY MCDONALD Foreword by VICKI MCDONALDWhat does the future of information and knowledge look like?What will it mean for the way we live,interact,work and more?And importantly,what is t

2、he place of libraries in this future?These are complex questions,and we will only know what the answers are when they happen.However,this is anything but a reason to sit still and just wait for tomorrow to come.Library and information workers should not feel like spectators in the ongoing developmen

3、t of our sector,or indeed of the wider knowledge and information field that we are at the heart of.With the right tools,and the right attitude,we can not only be ready,but we can shape the future.What is more,we need to.We are committed to meaningful access to and use of information and knowledge,no

4、t just as a right,but also a pre-condition for sustainable development for all.As a profession,we need to be active and advocate for the role of libraries in achieving the future to which our communities aspire and they deserve.The goal of the 2024 Trend Report and indeed of so much of IFLAs work is

5、 to provide the tools,structures,inspiration and energy necessary for libraries and library and information workers to face the future with optimism.IFLA President 2023-2025IFLA Trend Report 202402FOREWORD BY VICKY MCDONALD Foreword by VICKI MCDONALDIts success will be measured in the number of peop

6、le,institutions,and organisations which reframe the way they think about and plan for the future,in how far it supports colleagues in their own leadership journeys,and in what it does to stimulate new thinking about how we can work better together with each other,with communities and with partners.I