1. What Should Libraries Be?
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What Should Libraries Be?
Kristin Fontichiaro

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3. 91% of Americans aged 16+ say libraries are important to their communities.

4. 91% of Americans aged 16+ say libraries are important to their communities.
53% of Americans aged 16+ visited a library or bookmobile in the past 12 months.
Pew Internet, Libraries in the Digital Age

5. 91%
53%

6. Why? (First 40 responses will be recorded)

7. How should libraries bridge the gap?
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How should libraries bridge the gap?

8. umsi.info/makers Makerspaces = Tools + Support + Community
- Dale Grover
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9. umsi.info/makers Makerspaces = Tools + Support + Community
- Dale Grover
Sounds like libraries!
umsi.info/makers

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Should “libraries should move some printed books and stacks out of public locations to free up space for tech centers, reading rooms, meeting rooms, and cultural events”?
Among Americans aged 16+
20% - definitely
39% - maybe
36% - definitely not

11. Pew Internet
“Libraries in the Digital Age,” p. 40

12. The bottom line about the future of libraries is that there is no bottom line.
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13. That’s why librarianship today is so much fun.
The bottom line about the future of libraries is that there is no bottom line.
That’s why librarianship today is so much fun.
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