Future-making in the Present
What if your library became the place where your organization's future is invented daily? What if, instead of housing yesterday's knowledge, it generated tomorrow's breakthroughs? These questions, posed by Schmidt…
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Implementing a Library Needs Assessment
Implementing a Needs Assessment Implementing an effective needs assessment is foundational to any successful library development project. Strategic Priorities Design for the Library is process goes beyond simply gathering data—it's…
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Transforming Libraries and Education: Blueprint for Community-Centered Learning Spaces
The question "How can you transform a library?" arrives at a pivotal moment in our collective understanding of what libraries can and must become. Drawing from extensive research and post-pandemic…
AI enablement and design technology
What is library technology planning? Why do we need it? AI enablement is part of Library Development. Indeed, library technology has been a transformative part of the development of a…
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Innovation Matrix and Framework
Understanding this history is crucial to avoiding repeating past mistakes and building upon successful strategies. We recognize that the library's role is not static, but rather a continuous adaptation to…
Fundamental Knowledge Development
The story of libraries is fundamentally a story of democratizing knowledge. From the ancient Library of Alexandria – a beacon of scholarship for its time – to the modern research…