OCLC announces the release of its new report, Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World. It is available online in PDF and will be available for order in print later this month.

In light of MLC’s annual meeting earlier this month, “Libraries Build Communities,” this is a timely report. Chrystie Hill, who was the keynote speaker at our annual meeting, blogged about OCLC’s latest report, saying:

“…bottom line: the creation of the ’social web’ is well underway. in general, users (and librarians) do not see a place for the library there. to me this is sad news, but i remain hopeful …” Read her entire post here.

Earlier OCLC reports (Perceptions and Environmental Scan) sparked a lot of discussion, and change, among MLC member libraries. I’m looking forward to hearing what our MLC members have to say about OCLC’s newest report.