Thread: The library in the next century.
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Old 10-20-2008, 02:42 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Alisa View Post
I do hope that ebooks do not bring on the end of our public libraries. They might if communities and governments only look at a library as a building full of books. The real value in the library is the librarians and I think as flow and generation of new content increases, it's even more important to have people like librarians who help folks navigate it.
Indeed, that was something I didn't think about at first. At least in the science sector the electronic age currently does not reduce the need of a librarian at all, it produces even much more strain on information management. I am just not that certain if the profession of "information management" might not slowly be replaced by folksonomies.
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