This document discusses the future of libraries over the next 50 years. It notes that current trends point to libraries embracing innovation through collaboration, urgency and speed to meet new demands. The future will require libraries to equip users with skills to critically evaluate information, experiment with new technologies, and address challenges through bold research. Key areas that libraries must focus on include access, privacy, education, diversity, service, and social responsibility. The document advocates that libraries adopt approaches like design thinking, asset-based community development, and creating strategic roadmaps to make themselves future-ready over the coming decades.

1. THE NEXT 50 YEARS:
LIBRARIES OF THE
FUTURE
Lisa Carlucci Thomas
@lisacarlucci

2. +/- 50 Years
Current Trends
Future Ready

3. ALA Summit
“Future of Libraries”
May 2014

4. “Library Work is
People Work”
#ALAvalues

5. 1967:
Change &
Collaboration

6. 1967:
Urgency & Speed
New Demands
= Innovation

7. THE FUTURE: What will YOU do with it?

8. The Beloit College
MINDSET LIST

9. The LCT
MINDSET LIST

10. Future Talk
vs.
Future Ready

11. Horizon Report:
2017 Library Edition

16. Horizon Report: LE
Six Meta-Categories

22. MIT Report:
Task Force on the
Future of Libraries

23. “to equip … with essential skills and habits
for critically and effectively using information”

24. “to explore new ways of producing, using, sharing, preserving
knowledge… & promote revolutionary new technologies”

25. “to enable bold experimentation … best-in-class research
on the great challenges in info science & scholarly comm”

26. Re-Envisioning
Re-Imagining
= Innovation

27. Access // Privacy // Education // Diversity

28. Service // Professionalism // Accessibility

29. Preservation // Stewardship // Intellectual Freedom

30. Social Responsibility // Democracy // Public Good

31. ALA Center for the
Future of Libraries

33. ALA MW 2017
Symposium on the
Future of Libraries

34. Participate // Collaborate // Engage

35. Future-Ready:
Five Steps

36. Design Thinking:
“human-centered approach to innovation” (IDEO)

37. “Lean” In // Lean Principles
Build -> Measure -> Learn

38. https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/18649

39. ABCD:
Asset-Based Community Development

41. Educate:
Self // Team // Library // Community

42. Advocate:
Read // Listen // Share // Act

43. Bonus Step:
Create a [Relevant] Road Map

46. [totally working on the road map]

47. [wondering how to fund the road map]

56. Innovative Thinking // Change Leadership

57. Collaboration // Conversation // Dissemination

58. Planting the Seeds // & Seeking Seed Funding

59. “WHY we do things will not change,
but HOW we do them will”

60. THE NEXT 50 YEARS:
LIBRARIES OF THE
FUTURE
Lisa Carlucci Thomas
@lisacarlucci