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IFLA Trend ReportThe IFLA Trend Report is a selection of resources to help you understand where libraries fit into a changing society.

The IFLA Trend Report identifies five top level trends which will play a key role in shaping our future information ecosystem http://trends.ifla.org/

  1. New Technologies will both expand and limit who has access to information.
  2.  Online Education will democratise and disrupt global learning.
  3.  The boundaries of privacy and data protection will be redefined.
  4.  Hyper-connected societies will listen to and empower new voices and groups.
  5.  The global information environment will be transformed by new technologies.

For more information and to join the conversation, visit the Trend Report website, http://trends.ifla.org/.