THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES Louisiana Library Association New Directions: Libraries Embracing Change March 26, 2014 – Lafayette, Louisiana #LLA2014

THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES

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MEET PAT Consultant to libraries since 1978

Worked with libraries in 48 states and Canada

Speaker at ALA, SLA, AALL, MLA

Knows innovators inside and outside libraries

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ALL COOL IDEAS will be old and tired some day.

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ALL OLD AND TIRED IDEAS will be cool again some day.

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THE LIBRARY’S PAST

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A PIECE OF PHYSICAL MEMORY

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BEYOND THE REACH of the voices around the fire

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TALLY BONES approximately 30,000+ years

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CLAY TABLETS approximately 3000 BC

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GUTENBERG BOOK approximately 1450 AD

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CONTEMPORARY BOOK electrons talking: back to the fire

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THE 19TH CENTURY Time of progressive change

Culture valued education and literacy

Authors were rock stars.

Needed to assimilate immigrants

Books were not cheap for working classes.

Limits of the technology of the time

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THE 19TH CENTURY

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FIXED UNIVERSE

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We know everything.

Growth of “everything” new is accelerating.

OLD

NEW

HIERARCHICAL CONTROL

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We know best.

consumer reviews, the end of the age of experts

OLD

NEW

LINEAR SPACE

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one object in one place

relationships (links) as important as categories

OLD

NEW

keywords, tags, folksonomies

WHAT CHANGED Culture

Changing expectations

Competitors

Budget

Technology

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TRANSITIONS

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ORGANIZED PHYSICAL MEMORY

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ONLINE NODE

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GREAT GOOD PLACE

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COMMUNITY PROBLEM-SOLVER

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NEW AMERICANS

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT

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DIY MOVEMENT

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EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

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DISTANCE LEARNING

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LIFELONG LEARNING

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LITERACY

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YOUR LLA ASSIGNMENT Adopt cool ideas into your strategic plan.

Include budget for experimentation.

Partner with your target audiences.

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CREDITS slide # Image attribution

1 Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau 2013. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. flickr.com/photos/shreveportbossier/8595678832

2 hepingting 2010. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. flickr.com/photos/57570482@N06/5299266966

19 Chad Kainz 2012. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. flickr.com/photos/smaedli/7958246140

21 Judit Klein 2013. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0. flickr.com/photos/juditk/8458066018

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CREDITS slide # Image attribution

22 Bart Everson 2006. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. flickr.com/photos/editor/151445746

25 From the private collection of Pat Wagner. Used with permission.

27-29 © Bronwen Abbattista 2014.

30 Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau 2012. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. flickr.com/photos/shreveportbossier/8180286205

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CREDITS slide # Image attribution

31 finchlake2000 2011. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. flickr.com/photos/finchlake/5459881413

32 Tulane Public Relations 2002. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. flickr.com/photos/tulanesally/3618969705

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