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Presents a response to F. William Summers' adapted speech, `A vision of librarianship.' How the entry is part of special section entitled, `Furthering the Vision: Three Youth Services Specialists Respond,' in the 'School Library Journal'; Consideration of how the author calls for youth service librarians to meet challenges of technological change and use this change to benefit the young adult library user; Need for total access of new information services to young adults and teenagers; Speculation about the future use of library networks to benefit young library patrons.

The author reflects on the issue of quality after-school programming in public and school libraries. He contends that after-school programs need to be more proactive, rather than reactive. The author also suggests that library directors initiate more communication with one another, and have the proper evaluation and after-school tools in place to measure success and create a fun learning environment.