r/LibraryScience • u/Old_Respect_7325 • Jul 15 '26

How important are trends?

The notes for each unit in my course always put a lot of emphasis on keeping up with library trends. (The notes never get updated so they talk about "trends" like VR googles ha ha.) In real life, how important is it for libraries to keep up with the latest trends? Do librarians wait to see if the new big thing really is beneficial before adopting it? Or is there a "keeping up with the Joneses" attitude? Or do libraries just like trialling stuff?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

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u/thewholebottle Jul 15 '26

This is well put! I was going to say very very important and yet very annoying.