Day 45,626

“Day 45,626” NYLA’s 125th Annual Conference. Lake Placid, NY.

Abstract: This year NYLA celebrates its 125th anniversary (45,625 days). 45,625 days ago Melvil Dewey, one of NYLA’s founders, saw the future of libraries in standardization, efficiency, and industrialization. 45,625 days ago the future of libraries was in shared structures, shared methods, and librarians devoted to the maintenance of institutional libraries. On day 45,626 this is the formula for disaster. On day 45,626 the future of libraries is in librarians building libraries around the unique communities they serve. The success of the next 125 years is intimately tied to the success of the counties, cities, towns, and villages of New York. Our next 125 years is in the dreams and aspirations of New York’s citizens, students, and scholars not our stacks.

Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2015/NYLA.pdf

Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2015/NYLA.mp3

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