keynote- the Dutch Boys

video of the tour
if the books go away, what’s left?
we are good at making stories

in delft, there’s a public library that’s trying to stay one step ahead and they give kids equipment to make their own stories.

tons of equipment in the RV- you can tell a good story in a short period of time.
there isn’t any wifi in Nebraska
Nebraska is the Bermuda Triangle of the US

there’s a Bureau of Library Innovation?

NYPL
video at NYPL
“the universe is made of stories, not atoms”
Paul H from NYPL
one year in NY is like 7 years in LA

Library without walls. make the building less formidable. make people think “it’s sexy to think!”

The museum didn’t take over the role that schools had left vacant- art education is terrible in US.

we need inspiration everywhere.
libraries should take up what schools have dropped.

people love libraries! says the librarian from georgia who is being put on the spot.

Next Charlotte Mecklenberg

Imaginon
They’ve got vision.
Matt Gullett

how do you see the library in 5 or 10 years time.
death of the book isn’t coming. formats will change depending on genre.
containers for information and culture.
the container will be determined by the content and economic forces.
role of libraries is moving towards community learning center
community innovation centers
“the book is one of the best technologies we’ve ever invented.”

in the last four months- the Kindle has come out. do you still feel the same about the death of the book?

Matt: economic forces will still determine. generations that love the warmth of a book. Kindle isn’t water, goop or puke proof. his kids used to go to bed with a bunch of books and sleep on them.

we’re creating environments to tell stories and what does that mean for future building spaces?

technology changes, gets smaller. space helps with setting scenes, but you can do this in small environments. you can do this in old buildings.
need open, flexible spaces and plenty of places to plug into!

Spin the Library bottle at Michael Stephens’ class.

LIS students
in the Netherlands, fewer and fewer people are getting into the profession.

what skills should future librarians have? “the ability to adapt to change”

DOK
The Library Concept Center!
Why?
We think libraries are important
we think it’s important to think about the future, the concept of the library in the future

Libraries have media, but what will that be in the future
vast amounts are already digital
grab chances and opportunities to make something of it.
more mobile phones than people in holland.

make the library a cool place to stay.
wii interlude
a library can’t be without games.

if we care for, keep, share stories we’ve done a great job.
the library is a place to be.