This highly interactive conference challenged current library leaders to examine trends shaping the library industry, to think about how these trends will reshape the work of public libraries, and initiate the process for inventing our preferred future scenarios.
Specialists in “future world” thinking and modeling launched the conference discussions and facilitated the brainstorming activities.
Derek Woodgate, President of The Futures Lab in Austin, TX, is the author of Future Frequencies which describes his firm’s processes for FutureFraming, FutureMapping, FutureFabbing and more. Derek's presentation is available here: Looking on the Edge (2.8mb/40 pages. This file may take a moment to load).
John Mahaffie, principal with Leading Futurists, LLC, has created futures studies for over three dozen corporate, government and nonprofit clients, and regularly speaks on major trends impacting health, work, environment, science and technology. John's presentation is available here: Forces of Change.
Stacey Aldrich, Deputy State Librarian in the Division of Library Development and Services for the MD Department of Education and a member of Professional Futurists, has worked on forecasting and research with Joseph F. Coates. Stacey's presentation is available here: Proactive Futures. |
