The Future Of The Academic Library: Pulp or Bytes?

A couple of interesting posts from the LIS blogosphere. One from The Crafty Librarian: “Pack up the books bring in the Computers” and “Where’s the information” from The Library Diva. They both cover that “Packing Up The Books” article from The Chronicle Of Higher Ed. Interesting thoughts all around. As the digital tidal wave crashes over college campuses (campii?) libraries seem to be slowly replacing the printed word with bits and bytes. Librarians are, understandably, concerned that learning will be impacted. The Krafty Librarian asks “The big question is who is going to teach these students about information retrieval and evaluation” and The Library Diva answers “…until students take responsibility for what they learn in and out of the classroom our hands our tied.”

June 28, 2005 by Uncategorized 0

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