International Federation of Library Associations Publishes Trend Report 2024

The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has released its Trend Report 2024.

"The IFLA Trend Report 2024 is the first major update of this publication since the 2013 original, and represents a key pillar of our work to support the library field to be ready to face the future. Through building the reflex and ability to integrate the future into our planning today, libraries can be more resilient and so more sustainable. This, in turn, brings benefits to the communities that libraries serve, be they the population of a local area, the students and faculty of a university, or a country as a whole in the case of national libraries."

"The report is made up of two major elements – a set of trends identified on the basis of a comprehensive review of the literature review, and then a set of scenarios which explore the different sorts of future that we could face."

The trends analyzed in the report are:

1.  Knowledge practices are changing
2. AI and other technologies are transforming society
3. Trust is being renegotiated
4. Skills and abilities are becoming more complex
5. Digital technologies are unevenly distributed
6. Information systems are using more resources
7. People are seeking community connection