Library Futures: Users, Services, Trends

1. Users

1.1. The facts

1.1.1. Bigger, Older, More Diverse

1.1.1.1. Age

1.1.1.2. Ethnicity

1.1.1.2.1. NY and Foreign born

1.1.1.3. Family status

1.1.1.3.1. Need for childcare

1.1.1.3.2. Marriage later, fewer kids

1.1.1.4. Socio-economics

1.1.1.4.1. Poverty

1.1.1.4.2. Spending of 3 generations in their 20s

1.1.1.5. Behaviors

1.1.1.5.1. Note: Generations

1.1.1.5.2. Generational divides

1.2. How engaged with us?

1.2.1. They love us, but will they pay for us in the future?

1.2.1.1. Younger Audiences

1.2.1.1.1. Less visits / More online

1.2.1.1.2. Less sure of value/importance

1.2.1.1.3. Not critical of our tech

1.2.1.1.4. Get them as teens or pray they come back with kids

1.2.1.1.5. Services they want

1.2.1.1.6. Resources they deem important

1.2.1.1.7. Habits

1.2.1.1.8. Services they need (teens)

1.2.1.2. Overall

1.2.1.2.1. Less visits / more online

1.2.1.2.2. 5 books (median, read or listened to, print or eBook)

1.2.1.2.3. Important, but not sure why

1.2.1.2.4. Blacks/Hispanics more likely to value our current/potential services (than whites)

1.2.1.2.5. Parents

1.2.1.2.6. We are not top of mind for problem solving

1.2.1.2.7. Readers advisory no longer relevant

1.3. And......

2. Strategy and Budgets

3. Library directions

3.1. Futurist 11/2014

3.2. Break out of incremental thinking

3.2.1. Models

3.2.1.1. Masoleum

3.2.1.2. Warehouse

3.2.1.2.1. stack hunters -

3.2.1.2.2. bookscout

3.2.1.2.3. remix station

3.2.1.3. Civic space

3.2.1.3.1. Creative incubators

3.2.1.4. Cloister

3.2.1.5. Database

3.2.1.5.1. Poster Post-Its

3.2.1.5.2. Labrary

3.2.1.6. Material Epistemology

3.2.1.6.1. Performance librarian

3.2.1.7. Reading Room

3.2.1.7.1. Reference Rover

3.2.2. Library vs Librarian?

3.2.2.1. Seth Godin

3.2.3. Library Test Kitchen

3.2.4. Libraries and Wikipedia

3.3. Do more or less of what we do now

3.3.1. Things we've talked about

3.3.1.1. Community Forum

3.3.1.1.1. Why important

3.3.1.2. Social service POS

3.3.1.2.1. New parent resources

3.3.1.3. School for Life-long Learners

3.3.1.3.1. Early Literacy

3.3.1.3.2. Job skills

3.3.1.4. Fabrication Lab

3.3.2. Aspen Report

3.3.2.1. Focus on" Assets": People, Place, Platform

3.3.2.2. Begins a dialog on new skills

3.3.2.2.1. A community agency working on community goals

3.3.2.2.2. Convener/forum

3.3.2.2.3. Educational center

3.3.2.3. Larger issue of democracy in a knowledge economy addressed

3.3.2.4. New models needed for funding and governance