In autumn 2002 a group of 10 older librarians, accompanied by 10 of their younger peers, gathered together to discuss how our world and libraries would look like in the year 2020.

Some of the participants:

1. Hans Jansen and …
2. Frans Meijer and …
3. Marco de Niet and …
4. Jan Vanenbergh and …
5. Leo Voogt and …
6. Michel Wesseling and …

At the end of the event we put together a top 20, that I list below. Is it still relevant?

Please find the playlist of most numbers on Spotify.

1. I will survive
   Gloria Gaynor
   Needs no comments!
2. Ik ben gelukkig zonder jou (I am happy without you)
   Conny van den Bosch
   continuous changes towards more access in stead of ownership of collections (from just-in-case to just-in-time)
3. Somewhere under the rainbow
   Judy Garland
   Geographical location of the user and place where information resides become less important
4. Ja, de deur staat altijd open (Yes the door is always open)
   Hanny en de Rekels
   ICT makes the 24/24 library a reality
5. How the web was woven
   Elvis Presley
   Online will become the dominant manner to produce, distribute and work with information
6. They can’t take that away from me
   Ella Fitzgerald
   Basic human rights discussion, right to free access to information, information exchange, opinions, privacy, filtering
7. Ik ben blij dat ik je niet vergeten ben (I’m glad I have not forgotten you)
   Joost Nuissl
   The physical library continues to play an important role: preservation, management
8. Ben ik te min (Am I to … )
   Armand
   A continuous preoccupation with the image and state of the profession works out negatively
9. Kirjasto on siinä… (The library is … ; song to celebrate 200 ears of public libraries in Finland)
   Jukka Hynninen
   globalisation, internationalisation, European legislation
10. Bridge over troubled water
    Simon and Garfunkel
    societal importance of libraries (social cohesion, communities)
11. Ik heb geen zin om op te staan (I don’t wanna get out of bed)
    Het
    facilitating life-long-learning requires professional and motivated library staff
12. To know you, is to love you
    B.B. King
    importance of public relations and marketing: (public) libraries are crucial for society, but we need to convince stakeholders about our impact
13. Money, money, money
    Abba
    financing, local, state and governmental; commercial sector
14. Bring it on home to me
    Van Morrison
    key role in facilitating and supporting the individual search behavior en information  usage of patrons (desktop as thé access point to electronic information)
15. House for sale
    Lucifer
    role and importance of the physical library changes – between Kulturhus and the virtual library
16. All shook up
    Carl Perkins
    conparadox of change being the onlystant
17. Ain’t that a shame
    Fats Domino
    information gap between the global North and South remains, but thanks to ICT and alternative publishing models bridges seem possible
18. With a little help of my friends
    Joe Cocker
    Importance if local, regional, national and international cooperation should not be underestimated
19. Better be good to me
    Tina Turner
    customer oriented and service ethics must dominate our vision and mission
20. Ik heb eerbied voor jouw grijze haren (I respect your grey hairs)
    Gert en Hermien
    social demographic development, stake holder policies, senior marketing, changes of studentpopulation