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Navigating Library Trends: Embracing Diversity and Technology for the Future

Explore the evolving landscape of libraries in New Jersey through innovative trends and challenges. This report highlights key statistics on America's shifting demographics and the rapid rise of minority-owned businesses. Discover how libraries can serve as community hubs in a digital age, addressing issues like digital access, low literacy skills, and privacy concerns. As we face the emergence of eBooks and new models of information consumption, visionary planning and adaptability become essential for library trustees and staff to foster creative and collaborative environments.

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Navigating Library Trends: Embracing Diversity and Technology for the Future

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  1. Trends for Libraries New Jersey Library Trustee Institute June 2012

  2. 12 Things This BabyWill Never Know…

  3. Solo Living

  4. Do-It-Yourself-ing

  5. America’s ethnicity changing quickly and dramatically Minority population: 34% of total population; 50% by 2042 Minority business start-ups 2x the national rate Diversity & Immigration

  6. “Niche Aging”

  7. Caregivers Caregivers

  8. 32 million+ adults have very low literacy skills 36% of Americans lack internet access at home Internet access vs. Internet use Digital Differentiation

  9. Info - Paralysis

  10. Atmosfear

  11. Vigilante Consumer

  12. Privacy

  13. Power to the Patron!

  14. Libraries: Community & Discovery Commons

  15. 21st Century Work Skills • Creative, problem-solver • Collaborative • Change-master • Understands systems • Processes info rapidly 1

  16. Visionary Planning 1

  17. “Print books will endure. For now…”

  18. THE HOT TOPIC: Ebooks Welcome to the #ebook wars

  19. “Do EbooksInfo-Poverty?”

  20. “New ebook Models are Inevitable”

  21. “Change: The new normal?”

  22. www.ivylibrary.com

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