Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
10-3-2014
Abstract/Description
This article describes the use of scenarios as a tool to assist a large distance learning library service in its strategic planning. Through a description of the scenario process from beginning to end, the authors detail the steps that the library director and the consultant took initially; their missteps; and the successful conclusion. This study of the journey through the scenario process to a new strategic plan should prove useful to library administrators interested in exploring new ways to plan for uncertain futures.
Publication Title
Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1533290X.2014.945834
Publisher
Routledge
City
London
Required Publisher’s Statement
The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning (2014), available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1533290X.2014.945834.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Casey, A. M., Cawthorne, J. E., & Citro, K. (2014). Gazing into the Crystal Ball: Using Scenarios for Future Visioning of a Distance Learning Library Service. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 8(3/4). https://doi.org/10.1080/1533290X.2014.945834
Included in
Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Library and Information Science Commons
Additional Information
This paper was also presented at the 16th Distance Library Services Conference, held in Denver, on April 24, 2014. Panel presenters were: Anne Marie Casey, Jon Cawthorne, Kathleen Citro and Lynn Prine.