The Everywhere Library:

Creating, Communicating, and especially Integrating

Joan Frye Williams

These are tough times for libraries…

…and don’t even ask me about my 401(k)…

…but a crisis is a terrible thing to waste!

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So what?

Are we providing what civilians want, or what we think they should want?

Binary?

Or blended?

Quality and Convenience

Place and Ubiquity

Security andOpenness

Accuracy and Opinion

Equality and Customization

Learning and Play

Preservation and Innovation

High standards and Generosity

Planning and Improvisation

Confidentiality and Relationships

Expertise and Community focus

New metrics

What if it really is hard?

Think of a favorite book, movie, play, poem, or piece of music…

What is it?Why is it important

to you?How has that

affected your life?

Work worth doing

Let’s continue the conversation…

joan@jfwilliams.com

Podcasts:“George and Joan: Thinking Out Loud,” at

http://feeds.feedburner.com/InfoblogGeorgeAndJoan