The Library of the Future
In the Library of the Future, you won’t need any buildings to get your information or entertainment–it’ll be at your fingertips wherever you are. Your e-reader may even look like a book.
We invite readers to submit photos and ideas about what the Library of the Future will be like. Photos must be yours or be authorized by the photographer, whom we’ll happily identify. My contact info is here.
Photo by Daniel K. Gebhart, www.fotex.at. Used by permission.
September 1st, 2005 at 5:08 am
The future may be closer than we all think.
http://www.polymervision.nl/New-Center/Press-Releases/Article-14693.html
September 1st, 2005 at 8:12 am
Right on.
Of course, all the descriptions of the Library of the Future are based on current or forthcoming technologies. There won’t be any posts of the “information will be beamed directly into your brain” category.
– Roger Sperberg
September 1st, 2005 at 8:55 am
Way to go, Romeo! As you may have noticed, I’ve “promoted” your link to the home page. Keep thinking of us, espeically when it comes to news of the latest and great gizmos. - David
September 12th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
Thanks David, ofcourse I will keep you informed if I come across something. Is there any direct link or e-mail address where I can post this? You can also check out my blog where I plan to publish articles concerning e-publishing and marketing now and then.
You can find it here:
http://www.bloglines.com/blog/RomeoVreeken
September 23rd, 2005 at 11:21 am
The Library of the Future
In the Library of the Future, you won’t need any buildings.
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December 30th, 2005 at 10:39 am
In the library of the future, you will not need a building as a place where books are stored as objects - but, communities will continue to require a place for socialization, discussion, free access, assistance, and instruction elements of current public libraries.
December 30th, 2005 at 11:52 am
That’s true, Sherry. But if you add “how to find the information you want” and “how to take advantage of all the resources” to the functions of a community center, that may be the building you mean.
Or maybe the books will gradually clear out (as they did at the undergraduate library of my alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin) and the other types of functions a city provides will migrate over to the “old library building,” where librarians will still be serving people.