The Academic Library in 2025

www.acrl.org/futures

Dr. David J. Staley, Director, Goldberg Center and adjunct associate professor, Department of History, The Ohio State University

Kara J. Malenfant, ACRL Scholarly Communications and Government Relations Specialist

October 15, 2010

The scenario space

high probability + high impact =

actionable future

Increasing threat of cyberwar, cybercrime, and cyberterrorism

Meet the new freshman class

Right here with me

Scholarship stultifies

Breaking the textbook monopoly

Bridging the scholar/practitioner divide

Everyone is a "non-traditional" student

I see what you see

This class brought to you by…

low probability + high impact =

wild card

Community over consumerism

Longevity is the new wealth

Sign on the dotted line

A college degree for every citizen

Academic niche networking

Archives on demand

No need to search

Out of business

Pop-up campus

Renaissance redux

Think U

Lower impact

• Activist seniors keep on working

• Creative conscription

• Design for disability

• Kinesthetic fluency

• Money makes the world go around

• Woven learning

Concluding thoughts

Open discussion

• Reactions to nine “actionable” scenarios? Implications for your libraries?

• Other wild card scenarios you see?

• How have you used this report? Did you try activity in appendix C?

• Your questions.

Thank you

David

staley.3@osu.edu

Kara

kmalenfant@ala.org