Key Trends for Libraries: Share Your Ideas!

Looking into the future...

To build the future of libraries, we need to be able understand the forces that will shape it.

What trends or developments - economic, social, cultural, political, technological or other - will library leaders in 10 years' time need to think about as they work out how to provide effective services to users? What opportunities or threats are there?

If you are a student, recent graduate, or otherwise new to the profession, we are keen to hear your ideas about the issues that will count.

Your answers will help us prepare a list of trends which will be at the heart of our President-elect's session at the 2021 World Library and Information Congress.

If you choose, your ideas could also be included in regional sessions exploring in more depth the challenges that emerging leaders have identified for the future.

Your answers will only be used by the team preparing the session at WLIC, for that purpose. Your personal data will not be shared outside of IFLA Headquarters. If your idea is selected, we will contact you to confirm that you are happy to be named.

1. What trend or development do you think will have a major impact on the way libraries work in the next 10 years? (max 250 characters)

2. How do you think it will affect libraries (max 1000 characters)?

3. Would you like to have the opportunity to present your idea in a regional session focused on emerging leaders' perspectives for the future? *This question is required.

4. Please share your name: *This question is required.

4. Please share your e-mail address so that we can contact you if your idea is selected: *This question is required.

4. Please let us know in which country are you based? This will help us work out in which regional session your idea could be presented.

The naming of countries and territories is based on definitions used by United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). According to the UNSD Methodology on Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49) there are 249 countries or areas in the world. The designations employed in this list do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IFLA concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The term “country” as used in this material also refers, as appropriate, to territories or areas. *This question is required.