you be the future by lynn sutton
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You. The Future. Be There!Part 1.
Lynn Sutton, Ph.D.
Dean, Z Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
Where we’ve been
Library
as
Gatekeeper
of
Books
Where we are
Stepping intotheUnknown
Where we need to go
Changeagents
Leading change on campus
Formats Print periodicals to e-journals
Books to e-books
DVD to streaming
Things that will change
Tasks Manual to automated
Singular items to bulk import
More product, less process
Things that will change
Use of library space Fewer volumes onsite, more offsite
Increase in weeding
More people spaces
Things that will change
Human creativity People will still get ideas
People will still want to share those ideas
People will still put thoughts in tangible form
Things that will endure
Need for information To learn
To work
In society
Things that will endure
Role in helping people As information becomes more plentiful, it
becomes harder to find and use
Libraries need to focus more on the user, less on themselves
People need us more than ever
Things that will endure
…we are surviving.
As long as we are changing…