future of libraries talk
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The Future ofPublic Libraries
Including the Specific Future of Lawrence Public Library
Brad Allen,Director
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About me
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About me
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First, a bit of history...
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In the beginning...
Libraries protected and preserved books (texts were scarce)
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"Libraries raised me. ... I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years."
-Ray Bradbury
By the 20th Century, public libraries were the 'people's universities'
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The world used to be analog.
Information existed in physical containers and libraries stored it.
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Today, the world is digital.Computers are central to our daily lives.
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Libraries have gone from this
To This
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To this
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The world has gone from this
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To this
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And this
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And all this, too
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And most recently, from this
To this
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So that's the world,but what about Lawrence?
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The existing public library is now 40 years old.
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In November 2010, Lawrence citizens voted foran $18 million bond to build a new library.
We asked our community what was most important, and they told us.
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More space for kids.
Enriching the lives of children is essential to the mission of our library.
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More space for community meetings.
Providing meeting spaces for our citizens is crucial to the mission of our library.
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State of the art technology.
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Looking to the future,what else could (perhaps should)
libraries do to enrich the lives of the people they serve?
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For public libraries,the answer should always be attuned to the specific community it serves.
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Perhaps new services could accomplish
new missions?
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"Content creation" stations
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Collaborative Content Creation Stations
Multitrack recording studio
Video production
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Our library will have a recording studio and audio-visual editing booths
to support the creativity of our community.
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Makerspaces
There are public libraries that have makerspaces.
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A community commonplace...
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A final thought
"A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way information, inspiration, and recreation.
If a better way than the book can be found, we should use it."
-Melvil Dewey
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Thank you!
Questions?