1. The Academic Library in 2025 www.acrl.org/futures Dr. David J. Staley, Director, Goldberg Center and adjunct associate professor, Department of History, The Ohio State University Kara J. Malenfant, ACRL Scholarly Communications and Government Relations Specialist October 15, 2010

2. The scenario space

3. high probability + high impact = actionable future

4. Increasing threat of cyberwar, cybercrime, and cyberterrorism

5. Meet the new freshman class

6. Right here with me

7. Scholarship stultifies

8. Breaking the textbook monopoly

9. Bridging the scholar/practitioner divide

10. Everyone is a "non-traditional" student

11. I see what you see

12. This class brought to you by…

13. low probability + high impact = wild card

14. Community over consumerism

15. Longevity is the new wealth

16. Sign on the dotted line

17. A college degree for every citizen

18. Academic niche networking

19. Archives on demand

20. No need to search

21. Out of business

22. Pop-up campus

23. Renaissance redux

24. Think U

25. Lower impact Activist seniors keep on working Creative conscription Design for disability Kinesthetic fluency Money makes the world go around Woven learning

26. Concluding thoughts

27. Open discussion Reactions to nine “actionable” scenarios? Implications for your libraries? Other wild card scenarios you see? How have you used this report? Did you try activity in appendix C? Your questions.

28. Thank you David staley.3@osu.edu Kara kmalenfant@ala.org