Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries

ABSTRACT

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Aspen Institute undertook a multi-year project to bring together thought leaders and experts from different sectors, including libraries, to consider the challenges, opportunities and trends that will influence the future of public libraries in the United States. The resulting report, Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries, was issued in October 2014. The Aspen Institute has embarked upon an ambitious program to ensure that the report will be used in communities across the country and at state and national levels to promote the transformation and sustainability of this important community resource.

KEYWORDS:

• leadership
• community
• learning
• policy makers
• community leaders
• sustainability
• renewed vision
• strategies for success
• digital age
• physical space
• virtual space