August 10, 2005 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Derry Public Library. The culminating event for the Centennial will be a program at the Adams Memorial Building Opera House at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 10, 2005. The Derry Public Library is extremely pleased to announce the keynote speaker for the Centennial program Thomas Frey, Senior Futurist and Executive Director of the DeVinci Institute. His program, entitled The Future of Libraries - the Great Transformation is described as:

"Their existence is being threatened by information instantly accessible from every computer in every home. But libraries won't go away. Rather, information is soon to become far more complicated as technology expands our understanding of what information is. And Public Libraries will be transitioning from a center of information into a center of culture, evolving into any entity with function and purpose that is currently unrecognizable in today's world."

The DaVinci Institute, launched in 1997 in Louisville, Colorado, as a non-profit futurist think tank, has emerged as a center of visionary thought, attracting both a national and international following. Frey has been called the "Dean of Futurists" and "The Father of Invention" by the media. Considered by his peers to be the "most creative futurist on the planet", Tom continually pushes the envelope of understanding, creating fascinating images of the world to come.

We hope that library professionals, trustees, and interested individuals from around the region will join us to hear what this noted visionary has to say about libraries in the world of tomorrow.

For further information and directions to the Adams Memorial Building Opera House in Derry, call the library at 432-6140.