Libraries

[Joseph Janes]

I feel as though I ought to jump in here; Peter wrote that for a book I'm editing which asked a pretty wide group of people to write similar short pieces finishing the sentence "The library in 2020 will..."  So it's partially my fault.

It's being published by Rowman & Littlefield this summer, and it's got quite a cast of characters, from all walks of the library world, new and seasoned professionals, names you know and some you don't (I won't name drop here, 'cause I'll leave important people out--rest assured it's a great group).  These are provocative, and fascinating, and uncomfortable, and inspirational, and depressing, and hopeful, and more.  Peter asked if he could post his in advance on his web site, which I was happy to accommodate.

Think of Peter's piece as something to whet your appetites.  :-)  Joe


Joseph Janes
Chair, MLIS Program
University of Washington Information School
jwj at uw.edu<mailto:jwj at uw.edu>




On Feb 28 2013, at 3:17 PM, Walt Crawford wrote:

I had in fact already read the whole thing, a couple of days ago. I guess I'm more optimistic than he is; after a decade and more of continuously growing public use of libraries, I don't see that collapsing in seven years.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:50 PM, James Olson <olsonjam at hawaii.edu<mailto:olsonjam at hawaii.edu>> wrote:
I hope you took the trouble to read further.  The article is set in 2020, and it's difficult to be informed about that period of history.

His points are interesting and worth thinking about.  Mostly we need to persuade the various legislatures that the US is not a third-world country, and we can afford first-world public institutions, or what he describes will come to pass, more for the haves, and nothing for the have-nots.


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Walt Crawford <waltcrawford at gmail.com<mailto:waltcrawford at gmail.com>> wrote:
Maybe, but when I hit a sentence like this one:

"The bad news is nobody uses the library anymore"

I'm not inclined to take the author seriously. The bad news is that the author is seriously misinformed.

-walt crawford-



On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Louise Moe <LOUISE at rochester.lib.mn.us<mailto:LOUISE at rochester.lib.mn.us>> wrote:
Really interesting article!


http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000664.php

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