There are some specific mind sets that librarians will need over the next decade or so. Whether they are employed in libraries that serve schools, the public, the academic community, or special institutions, library workers need to grasp the power of the educational perspective. We build lifelong learners, we aid in formal education, we are conduits to essential professional knowledge. Our educational mission is a public good, and is one of the surest guarantees of long term public support. I believe that we are moving from an age of individual experimentation to an age of new civic cohesiveness.
Good librarians find ways to make their libraries the seed that grows a community around it.
I don't mean smarts in any particular area. Tomorrow's software will be different from today's. It's the same story with hardware. They take an active and alert interest in the thousands of experiments going on around them, forming opinions, defending them, changing their minds. They are engaged.