Role of Librarians

[Donald A. Barclay]

I think that the Internet means the absolute end of libraries and 
librarians. My analogy will demonstrate.

Before television came on the scene, there was this thing 
called radio that gave only words but not pictures.  As soon as 
television came along, everyone stopped listening to radio, radio 
stations all went out of business, and everyone working in radio had to 
get jobs in other fields.  In much the same way, the Internet means the 
end of libraries and everyone working in them.

If you don't like this analogy, I can tell you the one about how the 
advent of movies ended live theatre.

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Donald A. Barclay 
New Mexico State University Library     always the beautiful answer
dbarclay at lib.nmsu.edu                   who asks a more beautiful question 
                                                    --e.e. cummings