The keynote speech presented by Pat Wagner at the New Directions: Libraries Embracing Change conference in Lafayette, Louisiana, on March 26, 2014.

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

2. THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES
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3. 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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4. ALL COOL IDEAS
will be old and tired some day.
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5. ALL OLD AND TIRED IDEAS
will be cool again some day.
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6. THE LIBRARY’S PAST
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7. A PIECE OF PHYSICAL MEMORY
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8. BEYOND THE REACH
of the voices around the fire
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9. TALLY BONES
approximately 30,000+ years
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10. CLAY TABLETS
approximately 3000 BC
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11. GUTENBERG BOOK
approximately 1450 AD
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12. CONTEMPORARY BOOK
electrons talking: back to the fire
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13. 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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14. THE 19TH CENTURY
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15. FIXED UNIVERSE
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We know everything.
Growth of “everything” new
is accelerating.
OLD
NEW

16. HIERARCHICAL CONTROL
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We know best.
consumer reviews,
the end of the age of experts
OLD
NEW

17. LINEAR SPACE
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one object in one place
relationships (links) as
important as categories
OLD
NEW
keywords, tags, folksonomies

18. WHAT CHANGED
Culture
Changing expectations
Competitors
Budget
Technology
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19. TRANSITIONS
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20. THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES
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21. ORGANIZED PHYSICAL MEMORY
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22. ONLINE NODE
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23. GREAT GOOD PLACE
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24. COMMUNITY PROBLEM-SOLVER
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25. NEW AMERICANS
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26. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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27. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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28. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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29. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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30. CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT
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31. DIY MOVEMENT
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32. EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
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33. DISTANCE LEARNING
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34. LIFELONG LEARNING
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35. LITERACY
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36. YOUR LLA ASSIGNMENT
Adopt cool ideas into your strategic plan.
Include budget for experimentation.
Partner with your target audiences.
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37. 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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38. 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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39. 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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