[Web4lib] At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense

Nancy nancy at thesmudge.com
Sat Jul 5 23:10:54 EDT 2008


> The first sentence of the LJ report on this ALA panel discussion reads:
> "...had a lot to say about how libraries and librarians need to move 
> forward now."
>
>  ...Haven't we been talking about the future of libraries for years?
> Haven't there been countless programs at past ALA conferences dealing with 
> the future of libraries?
>
> Bernie Sloan

Sadly, it seems very few of us realize that we've been living the same day 
over and over again for what must be decades by now.

Nancy E. Sosna Bohm
Reference Librarian
Lake Forest College






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