The Value of Value in the Near Distant

FutureCIL 2016 March 10, 2016

Stephen Abram, MLSManaging Principal

Lighthouse Consulting, Inc.

The Value Proposition of Libraries

Why do we exist? Does what we do align with that?

The Value Proposition of Digitization

Pizza Mosaic tiles

Curation

Museums versus Libraries

Personas

Ethnography Learning Styles Multiple Intelligences Genome Brain Research

How does the fridge work?

Fields Tags Linked Data Bibframe RDA Federated Search Etc. Etc.

Features, Functions and Benefits

FAB

The Social Contract

Dave Snowden: “We can’t live in a virtual world and stay human.”

Physical vs. Digital

Virtual Branches UX Experience Impact, outcomes, value

Impact Outcomes Value

Information-centric Knowledge-centric Experience-centric

LibraryLabs: Research, Innovation, Imagination Are libraries Innovative?

Diffusion

(More) Discussion

Questions?

Stephen AbramLighthouse Consulting, Inc.

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