Barbara Stripling Immediate Past President, American Library Association Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Syracuse University

Learning Society Demographic TechnologicalEconomic Cultural Forces of Change

 Storytimes  Instruction in information literacy  Career centers  Classes for all ages and interests

Long, M. P. & Schonfeld, R. C. Ithaka S+R US Library Survey ITHAKA, 2014.

 “Whether in school or in informal settings, youth need opportunities to develop the skills and knowledge to engage with contemporary technology effectively and meaningfully.  Becoming literate in a networked age requires hard work, regardless of age.” boyd, danah. It’s complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale, 2014.

Instruction, instructional design, and information literacy services Digital preservation and archiving Web services and information technology Archives, rare books, and special collections Assessment and data analytics To the best of your knowledge, will your library add or reduce staff resources in any of the following areas over the next 5 years? Long, M. P. & Schonfeld, R. C. Ithaka S+R US Library Survey ITHAKA, 2014.

PLA 2014: Hiring Staff for the 21 st Century

Teaching for Learning Literacy and Reading Information and Knowledge Advocacy and Leadership Program Management & Administration ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Preparation of School Librarians (2010).

 Connecting to the world  One Community/One Book  Shared booklists  Library blogs/Public comments  Community projects

 Facebook, Twitter, Flickr  Dynamic and interactive websites  Community calendar of local meetings and events  Mobile apps

 Turning outward to assess community needs, interests, aspirations  Increasing access to primary sources  Expanding concept of “collection” Tools Human Books

 Digitizing special collections  Digitizing and preserving locally created content  Preserving cultural heritage materials

 Curating digital resources  Providing context for primary sources

Build relationships based on trust Provide community anchor, safe interaction, and central place Commit deeply to intellectual freedom, multiple perspectives, open access for all and inclusion Librarians as Conveners, Trusted Professionals in Community

 “In New York, I watched as a teen girl used her Android phone. If she really needed something, she texted her friends to see if anyone knew the answer or had access to a “real” computer.  By most measures, she had full internet access through her smart phone, but she was acutely aware of the limitations of that kind of access.” boyd, danah. It’s complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale, 2014.

 Libraries empower the individual  Libraries support literacy and lifelong learning  Libraries strengthen families  Libraries are the great equalizer  Libraries build communities  Libraries protect our right to know  Libraries strengthen our nation  Libraries advance research and scholarship  Libraries help us to better understand each other  Libraries preserve our nation’s cultural heritage

Barbara Stripling