eLibraries, a la CNN
September 8, 2009
This article has been making the rounds of listservs and blogs lately, but in case you haven’t seen it:
“The future of libraries, with or without books” on CNN, by John D. Sutter
It’s so rare there’s a mass media article about libraries that doesn’t make me cringe. This one even made me smile (yes that actually does happen once in a blue moon).
This article would make a fabulous conversation starter at a staff meeting, as a brainstorming starting-point for a team or group working on a library’s web presence, etc. It gets people thinking…especially library staff “late adopters,” who will possibly pay more attention to something like Twitter and texting now that it’s mentioned in a popular media article.
September 8th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Very interesting…the Annoyed Librarian blogged about the very same article and hated it. Hurray for lots of professional discussion about it!
September 13th, 2009 at 1:42 am
I use the internet for lots of things everyday but having to read all my books on a screen scares me. I have gotten a lot of experience lately reading articles on the internet for school and the eyestrain is incredibly exhausting. I am so thankful for my textbooks, they are much easier on the eyes. Another thing, my daughter loves textured books and you can’t get that online. I know a lot of parents who don’t want their kids spending all day on a computer and need library books! I don’t think the demands for printed books are going anywhere, if anything printed books will become more treasured as more and more books become published on line.