CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Referencing the Future

by Katie Elson Anderson and Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic

PART I. UNDERSTANDING REFERENCE

Chapter 1. A History of Reference

Julie M. Still

Chapter 2. Terrorism, Privacy, and Porn: Reference Ethics in the Twenty-First Century

Zara Wilkinson and Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic

Chapter 3. The Real Reference Revolution: The Digital Library User

Susan J. Beck

PART II. REFERENCE 2.0

Chapter 4. Reference Service Trends and Forecasts for Academic Librarianship

Gary Golden

Chapter 5. The State of Reference in School Libraries

Lawrence V. Ghezzi and Walter Johnson

Chapter 6. The Future of Public Library Reference

Justin Hoenke

Chapter 7. The Central Image: The Future of Reference in Academic Arts Libraries

Sara Harrington

PART III. “DUDE, WHERE’S MY JETPACK?” Near Future of Reference

Chapter 8. Whither Libraries? User-Driven Changes in the Future of Reference

John Gibson

Chapter 9. Future World: Strategic Challenges for Reference in the Coming Decade

Stephen Abram

CODA

LibraryNext: Reference in 2052

by John Gibson

ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX