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In 2013 Arts Council England published the final reports from its research programme "Envisioning the Library of the Future". This presentation was given by Ben Lee, Programme Director at Shared Intelligence, as one of the researchers who conducted the research, to the UK's Society of Chief Librarians in June 2013.
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Arts Council England’s “Envisioning libraries of the future”
Ben Lee
Presentation to the Society of Chief LibrariansAnnual seminar, University of Warwick
21 June 2013
Envisioning libraries of the future
“Those library professionals with the clearest sense of what they and their library services are there to
achieve, are the ones driving change now.
Our best libraries and the individuals who run them, with their sense of social purpose and desire to adapt and innovate, provide a glimpse now of what libraries
of the future could and should be.”
Envisioning the libraries of the future, Shared Intelligence and Ipsos MORI, May 2013http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/pdf/Envisioning_the_library_of_the_future_phases_1_and_2_full_report.pdf
“While there are individuals involved in running public libraries who are already creating libraries of the future
now, the appetite to adapt, reverse falling use, and grasp opportunities, does not seem to extend far
enough across the sector.”
Envisioning libraries of the future
CIPFA annual data 2005-2012, all England (actuals)
CIPFA annual data 2005-2012, all England (actuals)
CIPFA annual data 2005-2012, all England (actuals)
England-wide issues, visits and web
Annual visits
CIPFA annual data 2005-2012, Visits for library purposes (actuals)
From “…every door in Warrington”
To …every door in White City
Supporting start-ups and adult learners
(Image: Lynton Pepper at We Own Cameras)
Proving it
So. M
uch.
Dat
a.
The excitement of new ideas
(Image: Channel 4)
When things go wrong, fix them
(NASA JSC Images, Apollo13 Mission)
The big questions from Envisioning
What will be in the DNA of those who make it?
…Those who put everything into increasing social impact
…Into obsessively finding problems to solve
..And into proving it
It only takes a few libraries to succeed to prove its possible – only takes one person to escape, to show there’s an escape route
So bigger task - enabling more than just those libraries succeeding now, to make it through
Be maverick, experimentImage: http://agonist.org/
