Is it about the place?
Used to be, you knew what to expect when you walked into a library. A dignified space. A quiet space. Lots of books on shelves, protected by a shelving & classification system that took a bit of effort to learn. But that was where the books were. That was where the information was. What’s happening to libraries now that information is no longer constrained to printed books? What happens when the library is no longer the place to go to get information? Do you have an “information commons” in your library? We do. How much longer will this sort of space continue to attract students to the library? What will make “the library as place” relevant in the future?
-Posted by Susan Wawrzaszek