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• Poet Mark Smith-Soto spoke and read poetry.
• Various NCLA folks talked about the state of NCLA.
• Attendance at this conference is over 1000.
• A number of awards were announced.

GladysAnn Wells, director and state librarian of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records

• Full text will be included in conference edition of (I think) Tar Heel Libraries.
• Ask who hears your stories.
• The experiences people have had will shape how they hear your stories.
• In the beginning we used technology to do faster what we were already doing. Didn’t change way we did things.
• Just in time model: leasing what we need
  • Painful realization: we cannot preserve or guarantee content if we don’t own it
• Just for you model: can’t be all things to all people, downside of just renting
  • But our communities don’t always know what they need
• Just because model: bought material based on professional judgment before need was clear, just because that’s what we’re supposed to do
• Just why time period is now.
  • People keep asking why we need libraries.
  • We need to be helpful part of vibrant virtual communities yet earn our respected, physical place at the table
  • We need to be listening to the stories of people who don’t like libraries.
• Telling our story, and how we tell it is important.
• Libraries need host systems more than host systems need libraries.
• Important to inspire others to advocate for us.
• Study your context and host system.
• Study your policy makers and resource allocators.
• Build your connections before you need them. “Think of your connections as a savings account.”
• Find partners to share the load and give your story broader appeal.
• We have to be flexible.