1. USA Public Libraries

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Points of difference between Australian and US libraries Christine

Iconic buildings Karyn

Libraries making a difference in their communities Genimaree

New and different technologies from ALA conference - Christine

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Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Columbus, Washington DC, Queens, New York

ALA conference, Washington DC

Related organisations Gates Foundation, ULC, OCLC

Beautiful libraries OSU, University Club Library, Library of Congress

Getty Museum, Disney Theatre, Chicago river tour, Baltimore, Newseum

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Budget crisis

Architecture and large central libraries

Social roles

Private funding

Collections

Staff and unions

Technology

Organisation / planning

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California and Los Angeles under immense pressure

• Library has decreased operating budget by 15%; 28% reduction in staff (including 150 layoffs) and cut to services 5 days from 6

Chicago laying off 120 workers and cutting hours at branches; hiring freeze, 24 days furlough

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Columbus lost $11 mill since 2008 and a reduction in staff of 160 FTE since 03

NYPL and Queens facing significant cuts and layoffs

OCLC has laid off 64 staff

Communities served by libraries also affected

8. Lyn Barakat 9.

Large central reference libraries

Architectural statements

Monuments to the book, built around collections

• The architects conceived the new Seattle Central Library building as a celebration of book deciding after some research that despite the arrival of the 21stC and the digital age people still respond to books printed on paper.

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Libraries in the US provide services that here would be offered by different welfare and social agencies

Queens notable example

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Significant private funding, culture of philanthropy

$85 million raised by Seattle Library Foundation

$1million pa Columbus Foundation

NYPL Genealogy Library funded through $5 mill endowment

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Book centric

Very large collections

Exception Columbus where spaces designed around services rather than collections

Very traditional service models reference librarians at desks on each floor

Seattle disposable collections

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Union positions

Big difference with the way unionised and non unionised libraries are coping with budget crisis

Layoffs firstly non unionised labour (pages and managers) then last on first off

Detrimental affect LA have lost their new fresh staff and staff wont move

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Beyond the Book summit CML

• Helene Blowers

• • What is your personal comfort with digital readiness?

• • How ready do you think libraries are to embrace digital reading future?

• • How ready are our customers?

Tipping point price, business models, iPad

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Seattle community consultation 33,000 community questionnaires, Staff survey, Community thought leaders

Columbus

Queens strategic imperative to deeply embed the library in the community

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Georgetown Library (under construction, opening August 2010)

Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library (under construction, opening July 2010)

Benning Library

Anacostia Library

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Eppo van Nispen

• Libraries are not good at telling their stories

• There is nothing more beautiful than a beautiful story

• Libraries have grey missions

• • They are worthy but not memorable or fun

• DOK a better friend than Google

• Vox popslibraries are outdated librarians are cave men

114.

There is no second hand in the digital world and libraries are in the second hand business

14,000 iPhone apps 17 for libraries

Be proud and CLAIM our position

115.

mobile devices

touch based devices

mobile computing, atomising information

cities fostering creative industries

• Stop being the grocery store and start being the kitchen

116.

3D

privacy issues re social networking

cloud computing disruptive

gadgets costing less ($99 by Christmas, $50 in 12 months)

discovery layers

dip in open source LMSs

117.

4 thgen phones riff scanning,

ubiquitous internet access,

profiling and the death of internet anonymity what will people give up to have a better library experience?

more efficient technical services,

better OPACs

118.

How will circulation change?

What happens when theentire western canon is available for free?

What happens when we no longer circulate DVDs?

Will the mission of libraries be to help people make their own libraries?

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Book dispensers

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Language learning in the cloud children and adults

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Mobile app for libraries powerful catalogue search, real time integration, reading lists, blogs and tweets

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Dave Gray XPLANE

Helene Blowers

Robin Nesbitt

Kindle available from Target

Nintendo have an app for 100 classic books

7.8 million Americans have ebook readers

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Wonderful kind generous hosts

PLVN Elisabeth Jackson

Voyager Travel

Employers who supported people to go

Participants reporting back and photos

Report will be available online soon

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