Comparison of now & future Libraries

1. Yesterday Libraries – Tomorrow Libraries
Perpustakaan Hari Ini – Perpustakaan Masa Depan
• Yesterday's libraries
were all about books
• Yesterday's libraries
were all about getting
information
• Yesterday's libraries
were all about silent
individuals
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about readers.
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about creating and
sharing information.
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about active
groups

2. • Yesterday's libraries
were all about term
papers
• Yesterday's libraries
were all about bricks
and mortar, tables and
shelves
• Yesterday's libraries
were all about teaching
how to find information
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about multimedia
projects
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about online
services, digital
resources
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about teaching
how to evaluate and use
information

3. • Yesterday's libraries
were all about having
program goals.
• Yesterday's libraries
were all about being
directed by a
professional librarian.
• Yesterday's libraries
were all about
organizing information
by a set of rules.
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about helping
students, teachers and
schools meet their goals
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about developing
whole-school ownership
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about helping users
organize information in
ways that make sense to
them

4. • Yesterday's libraries
were all about being
copyright enforcers
• Yesterday's libraries
were all about order,
rules and policies.
• Yesterday's libraries
were all about
developing print
literacy.
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about being
intellectual property
counselors
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about comfort,
service and meeting
individual needs
• Tomorrow's libraries will
be all about developing
multiple literacies - print,
auditory, visual