JCIPP Curtin Corner Fri 11 June: Beyond the Book: Libraries of the Future

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The John Curtin Institute of Public Policy

Margaret Allen PSM,
CEO and State Librarian,
State Library of Western Australia

<p>COVID-19 has highlighted the need for libraries to be able to offer services online and has sped the uptake on online delivery of these services. But, what about delivery to those who do not have access to technology or the digital literacy skills to engage online? Is everything online and just a search engine away? How do you keep online information for the longer term, say 500 years? Print material will likely last that long but what about that tweet you posted? What is the role of the State Library in the future? What will the Library’s services, public programs, facilities and workforce look like in the future? How do we get from here to there?</p>

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