This is a call to arms for libraries, inspired loosely by the famous SHIFT HAPPENS deck. Feel free to embed it anywhere and everywhere, with attribution.
Come on people! This is libraries' time!
10. More people are alive now, than have lived and died in the entirety of human history put together
11. More than 150 million people will be born this year... More than 150 million people will be born this year…
12. More than 150 million people will be born this year... More than 150 million people will be born this year… …they will be born into aninformation economy
35. The evolution of library man Before: Threatened by / dismissive of Google >>>>> Before: threatened by / dismissive of Google the three ages of library man
36. The evolution of library man Before: Threatened by / dismissive of Google >>>>> Now: yes Google is useful, but you need libraries too the three ages of library man
37. The evolution of library man Before: Threatened by / dismissive of Google >>>>> Next: you know what, just let us help you use Google better... the three ages of library man
69. Sometimes, people knock libraries “The demise of libraries is well overdue” - Frank Skinner, The Times, September 2010
70. Then they actually go to one… “Why I’m on a new page with local libraries – it was my ideas that were dog-eared, not the places themselves.” - Frank Skinner, The Times, October 2010
80. We’ve always been about providing information. That information used to be mainly in books.
81. We’ve always been about providing information. That information used to be mainly in books. Now it’s in all kinds of things.
82. We’ve always been about providing information. That information used to be mainly in books. Now it’s in all kinds of things. We try and give you access to all of ‘em.