Changing user demographics have been a core argument for diversity in our profession for a while now – and it remains incredibly important. But prioritizing diversity might be particularly important for the future of library services for other reasons, including improved opportunities for innovation, new directions in community engagement and changing roles for libraries. This session will focus on the many ways that diversity will be crucial to the future of libraries and will consider some of the challenges we still face – recruitment, retention, micro aggressions, privilege, injustice, intercultural communication and bias.