[Normally, this is the day in the cycle when I share a public domain photograph of a library I've never been to. Well, those are starting to get scarce and -- more interestingly, while looking for one I stumbled across this article. It's a really thought-provoking list. Some of the things on it are already happening, or even have been for decades (like game tournaments), while other things are waiting for the technology to come about, and other things are -- oh yeah, why don't we do that?-kind of things.]
"It all started with a conversation I had with the National Library of
Greece a couple weeks ago. As they shared with me their plans for
constructing a massive new National Library, a beautiful facility they
hope to open next year, they started asking my thoughts on how to
'future proof' their new facility.
"As I advised them to operate it more as a laboratory for future
libraries, where their mission will be to constantly test out new
features, options, and systems, it occurred to me that very few people
in the library world have any idea about where this current transition
is taking us..."
From: https://futuristspeaker.com/business-trends/122-things-you-will-be-able-to-do-in-the-library-of-the-future-that-you-cant-do-today/
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