What responsibilities are libraries neglecting?

What responsibilities are libraries neglecting?
Are libraries right to place a low priority on preservation? Are there other responsibilities that libraries and librarians are neglecting? I realize that it is always a case of making trade-offs and doing the best you can, but I worry that sometimes we are motivated to work on things that are new, exciting, publishable. (When was the last time someone published an article on correcting metadata records?) We place a higher priority on the needs of our communities today than the needs of our communities in the future. We are supposed to be institutions and professionals who take a long-term view on our work, but is seems that so much of our attention is focused on today.

July 12, 2011 by Uncategorized 0

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