The last decade has seen significant global changes that have impacted the library, information, and learning services and sciences. There is now a mood to find pragmatic information solutions to pressing global challenges. Future Directions in Digital Information presents the latest ideas and approaches to digital information from across the globe, portraying a sense of transition from old to new. This title is a comprehensive, international take...

In collaboration, two leading global thinkers from in technology and foreign affairs from Google give readers their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected, a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness. With their combined knowledge and experiences, the authors are uniquely positioned to take on some of the toughest questions about our future: Who will be more powerful...

"Federal agencies apply GIS to a wide variety of solutions and workflows, such as targeting financial aid, combating the effects of climate change, protecting forests, and conserving water resources. The maps in this volume tell compelling stories of how GIS adapts to countless disciplines, engages citizens, and presents limitless opportunities to transform our nation and our planet"--From Foreword.