Trends, Changes, and Innovation​
Virtual Conference
09/18/2020
The future of libraries - and the innovations that will get us there - are not disconnected from the realities we see in our day-to-day lives. Trends and changes provide much of the starting material and evidence that can inform our future work and transformation. Whether changes in technology, the configurations of public spaces, the shapes of information, or the composition and self-identification of communities, committing to intentionally monitoring signals of change provides us with a valuable lead in envisioning our futures. The signals for the future arrive as inbound change, but we build our future
through outbound change.
Presenter
Miguel Figueroa works at the Center for the Future of Libraries (www.ala.org/libraryofthefuture), an initiative from the American Library Association. He has previously held positions at the American Theological Library Association; ALA's Office for Diversity and Office for Literacy and Outreach Services; NYU's Ehrman Medical Library; and Neal-Schuman Publishers. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona's Knowledge River Program, an initiative that examines library issues from Hispanic and Native American perspectives.