Karen pointed the way to an Educause Column [pdf] by Paul Gandel, CIO at Syracuse University. It fits in quite nicely with my essay from a couple weeks ago, Libraries and Librarians In A Digital Future: Where Do We Fit?
Just like Karen, I had a number of “clicks” during this essay. Gandel makes some great points:
“And yet, like the perfect storm, the intrusion of the Web may alter libraries in ways far different from those of past echnological changes. Already the Web is affecting the very core areas of library services: (1) collections, (2) preservation, and (3) reference.
His final question is a good one: “As the Web continues to develop and expand, creating a vast array of information hubs, the question to be asked is: Will libraries be key nodes on this information network?”
important library articles of late
I personally feel that this is a very important library world article, and I recently was pointed to this one as well:
http://www.davinciinstitute.com/page.php?ID=120
I highly recommend these as important reads.