What the Future Holds.

ACADEMIC libraries; CONFERENCES & conventions; COST effectiveness; EXECUTIVES; INFORMATION resources management; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES; MEDICAL ethics; PRIVACY; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL reality; INFORMATION literacy; INTELLECTUAL freedom; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; LIBRARY public services; ACCESS to information; DATA security; DATA security failures

The article explores what the future holds for libraries based on the insights and predictions shared by five library thinkers at the Symposium on the Future of Libraries during the American Library Association's (ALA) 2020 Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits. Topics include the use a robotic system to store and retrieve materials, the adoption by libraries of sustainability as a core value, and the employment of virtual reality (VR) technology in information literacy instruction.