The Future of Digital Libraries / Sarah Houghton

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After two decades of continuous library technology increases and a budget crisis that has affected nearly every library in the world, we are left with the question: what will the library of the future look like? We have seen huge cuts in expensive brick and mortar spaces and collections, in-person services and programming, and other face-to-face library services. At the same time, we are finally realizing the high return on investment for library web, mobile, hardware, and software services. The budget crisis may force us to face our inefficiencies and drastically re-engineer our services and the way we provide those services to our customers. How do these changes affect the daily work and priorities of technical staff? How can all library staff work together to best connect users with the information they want--when and where they want it? The legacy system is burning down all around us. What will emerge from the ashes? Sarah Houghton is the Director of the San Rafael Public Library. She is also known as the Librarian In Black. She's written and presented internationally on issues of libraries, freedom of information, and technology.

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the future of digital libraries:
put a bird on it
sarah houghton
director of the
san rafael public library
author of librarianinblack.net

• 20%+ budget deficit
• 500%  in homelessness
• staff & FoL “no confidence”
• 2 death threats
• FOIA requests & lawsuits
• mold, leaks, fleas, fed mandates
• assaults at work & consulting
• divorce/move

get in your governing
agency’s face *now*

ask the people you
serve what would make
their lives easier

we are the library.
we democratize
information & expertise.

sarah houghton
librarianinblack.net
@thelib
librarianinblack@gmail.com

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