Why our relevance lies in not being "information professionals" * Do libraries still matter? * Thinking out loud: A billion dollar IPO for Johns Hopkins * Knowledge for sale
Why our relevance lies in not being "information professionals", by Rory Litwin, appeared in the April 22, 2005 issue of Library Juice. The author summarizes it as "an article about the implication of changes in the meaning of the word 'information' in the last century for what now calls itself the 'information profession.' The key to our relevance, I argue, is not in our ability to construct and navigate digital information systems, which everybody is doing, but in our ability to interpretively locate and provide context for the human cultural record in a way that draws people into the depth of texts and reconnects them to their history and place in the universe."
Do Libraries Still Matter? Has the Internet made libraries obsolete? No, claims Daniel Akst, who traces the intermingled history of American libraries and Andrew Carnegie, and the impact of the digital revolution/evolution on the future of the modern library. Akst believes that libraries impart a sense of community that no amount of technological advancement can impair. From the Spring 2005 issue of The Carnegie Reporter.
Thinking Out Loud: A Billion Dollar IPO For John's Hopkins William R. Brody, President of John's Hopkins University ruminates on the value of librarians as the ultimate search engines, in The JHU Gazette (December 6, 2004 | Vol. 34 No. 14).
Knowledge
for Sale: Are
America's public libraries on the verge of losing their way? Chris
Dodge finds reasons for both apprehension and hope regarding the future
of libraries, and suggests ways you can be more involved in preserving the
honor
and integrity of these
"national treasures." Utne Reader, July / August 2005
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