What skills do libraries and librarians need to be adriving force in creating smart communities? How can we use strategy to advocate for the importance that we know we have for peoples lives? These questions and more are part of this presentations. A few humble answers too.

1. Libraries: The best possible shared space today
and beyond #SCLRevitalise
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3. Skills
Change
Advocacy
Strategy

5. It's wonderful to be here
It's certainly a thrill

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About me

7. CH- CH- CH- CH- …
CHANGES

9. IFLA – Updated trend report 2016

10. IFLA – Updated trend report 2016

11. Budget cuts
Library
closures
Terror
1 %
Climate
change
Unions
falling
apart
Mega trends

12. Mega trends
Artificial
Intelligence
Privacy
MOOCs
Knowledge Jobs

15. Basic library skill
To be aware of and be able to
adapt to changes in society
surrounding the library

16. Basic library skill
To be aware of and be able to
adapt to changes in society
surrounding the library
-> And actively support the
community in changing

17. https://www.torbenrick.eu/blog/change-management/change-management-comic-strips/

18. https://www.torbenrick.eu/blog/change-management/change-management-comic-strips/
LIBRARIES

21. Skills

24. We live in a political
world
Wisdom is thrown
into jail
It rots in a cell,
is misguided as hell
Leaving no one to
pick up a trail

33. We are #factsmatter experts

35. We are #factsmatter experts
Are we doing enough to
prove that we are?

36. Skills

37. ACCESS vs LEARNING
Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith

38. Unlearn
H A C K
Learn

39. Libraries are
strategically important
for modern knowledge
societies

40. KNOWLEDGE

42. With a little help from my friends

43. With a little help from my friends
Essential Skills + Mindset² X Support = Success

44. Hard skills:
Skills that are
taught, can be
assessed or
evaluated

45. Soft skills
Professional
responsibility

46. Mindset
Creative
thinking
Continuous
learner
Curiosity

47. PerformanceNow Hiring

48. Global librarianship
#23mobilethings
#buyalib

49. What skills and mindset will help
library staff continue to adapt to
rapid change into the future?

50. Connect the dots

51. Libraries are
strategically important
for modern knowledge
societies

52. The right
combination
of skills
Mindset
Dynamic
capabilities
#Change

54. Sophie Mayer
From the book:
Public library and other stories
by Ali Smith.

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