IT as a Utility Network + Community conference*Libraries of the Future

*A challenging time for Libraries

*Opportunities from IT Utilities

*Workshops

• To explore role of IT utilities in the context of the evolving role of libraries

• Capture key issues for libraries engaging with their communities

• Articulate a route forward for investigating and developing these findings

• To broaden the network of people with interests in this area.

*Themes of discussions

*Libraries as social spaces

*Role of the information professional

*Uses of mobile tech in libraries

*The potential for libraries to offer data and information curation services

*Challenge Areas

Collecting Curating

Connecting Creating

What does a library

do?

*Ideas for future work

*Hybrid digital-physical projects

*Library innovation survey

*Digital aura app

*Accessibility study

*Librarian-technology interaction project

*New economic model study

*Community user engagement study

*business value and impact of shared catalogues and systems