IFLA Volume 43 Number 4 December 2017 IFLA Contents Editorial An evidence base for IFLA’s global vision 319 Steven W. Witt Articles Making sense of the future of libraries 321 Dan Dorner, Jennifer Campbell-Meier and Iva Seto Building a successful reading culture through the school library: A case study of a Singapore secondary school 335 Chin Ee Loh, Mary Ellis, Agnes Alcantara Paculdar and Zhong Hao Wan Preserving cultural products: Libraries, context, technology in the English-speaking Caribbean 348 Cherry-Ann Smart First-year international graduate students’ transition to using a United States university library 361 Liz Cooper and Hilary Hughes Evolution of legal deposit in New Zealand: From print to digital heritage 379 Jhonny Antonio Pabo´n Cadavid Abstracts 391 Aims and Scope IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries. 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IFLA Editorial International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 2017, Vol. 43(4) 319–320 An evidence base for IFLA’s ª The Author(s) 2017 Reprints and permission: global vision sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0340035217738489 journals.sagepub.com/home/ifl Steven W. Witt University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA In August of 2017, IFLA member institutions and access to local cultural products while preserving library professionals from around the world gathered them for future generations. in Wroclaw, Poland’s historic Centennial Hall for a IFLA’s Global Vision conversations also relate conference focused on the theme of Libraries, Soli- directly to the role of libraries in supporting educa- darity, and Society. Throughout the conference, tional institutions and learning at all levels and for all librarians participated in discussions in tune with the ages. The forward-looking research of Loh et al. pro- IFLA theme of creating a Global Vision, focusing on videsanevidence-basedapproachtobuildingaread- ways to further explore how a globally connected ing culture within Singapore’s school libraries, library field can meet the challenges of the future. establishing strong indicators for factors that influ- In many ways, this issue of IFLA Journal comple- ence successful school library programs that build an ments these discussions. Articles in this issue focus ecology for reading. At the other end of the spec- on many of the important themes considered as IFLA trum, Cooper and Hughes explore the manner in works with its worldwide membership to set the tra- which academic library resources and spaces are jectory of the profession. interpreted and utilized by international students. Looking toward the future of libraries, Dorner, This research provides important insights into the Campbell-Meier, and Seto focus on major projects manner in which libraries support students and mod- conducted by library associations that work to under- ify services to address the increasing mobility of stand the role of libraries in a future that presents university students that is being experienced across multiple challenges amidst the opportunities pre- the globe. sented by technological developments. By focusing As noted by IFLA’s Secretary General, Gerald on the profession’s attempts to make sense of its col- Leitner (2017), “the challenges facing the library field lective future, this article provides evidence of a from ever-increasing globalization can only be met shared sense of crisis facing libraries and the profes- and overcome by an inclusive, global response from sion as they react to the pace of digital evolution, a unified library field”. Advancing our knowledge providing insights into the institutional and profes- base and understanding of the nature of these chal- sional sensemaking that is influencing the broad and lenges, their scope, and models for adjusting to comprehensive ambitions of the Global Vision change are essential to continuing this conversation project. and building upon the expertise and strengths mani- Technological advances continue to drive and fested by the library profession across the globe. As impact the manner by which cultural products are IFLA Journal enters its 44th year, its dual mission to created and preserved for posterity. Smart’s research (1) disseminate timely and high quality research from on the increasing role of Caribbean libraries in acquir- across the library and information science field and ing and preserving regional cultural products empha- (2) provide practitioners and scholars from around the sizes the manner by which forces of technology and cultural globalization are both creating new forms of tangible and intangible culture and impacting local Corresponding author: cultures, values, and identities. This work shows how Steven W. Witt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, libraries are adding local cultural preservation to their Urbana, IL 61801, USA. traditional informational role in society, broadening Email: [email protected] 320 IFLA Journal 43(4) world with access to high quality publishing opportu- Funding nities remains central to continuing to advance, The author(s) received no financial support for the articulate, and understand our collective challenges. research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Declaration of Conflicting Interests Reference The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest Leitner G (2017) About – IFLA Global Vision Discussion. with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication Available at: https://globalvision.ifla.org/about/ of this