I'm Tired of Talking About eBooks

Submitted by Closed Stacks on April 12, 2012 - 10:23am

Is this what it felt like to those librarians in the profession when the internet came about? When I started this blog in 2008, I felt like I would never run out of things to write about. This profession is so varied and vast, how could we possibly cover it all? Now, all I read is more and more about eBooks. Certainly, this is something we all need to talk about, because libraries are getting royally screwed, but I also feel like being so singularly focused on one thing that’s not really working out, is talking the wind out of my sails.

Perhaps I’m alone in this, but I don’t think I am.

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Submitted by birdie on April 20, 2012 - 9:46am.

From a non-librarian's point of view, the rush to e-books seems a bit like that line-up of lemmings on the cliff. Not that there's anything wrong with them, but they're just a part of the whole package. Thanks.

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