How do we energize the entire sector and avoid polarization: smokestacks and islands?
We are a diverse profession. We share more in common than our diversity suggests. School libraries, public libraries, academic and college libraries, special libraries, and all the rest we all play a key role in the knowledge economy. Our voice, however, is disconnected. Our volunteer efforts are dissipated in administration and governance. Too great a percentage of our efforts are on back office operations, and not enough effort is focused on strategic initiatives. The challenge over the next few years will be to bring greater leadership and collaboration to this sector. Over the coming years, libraries must develop our consortia to a higher level of cooperation. There will be mergers here that will challenge us. We must learn how to improve the cost efficiencies and effectiveness of the important back room operations of our operations to a whole new level. This is an arena where the challenges are legion. There are many excuses and a few reasons for the slowness of change. There are
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