Week 6

#15: Perspectives

Librarians go through so much just to keep up with the changing world around. New technologies come out, and they are on top of it. There is one article I wanted to comment on: http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/6.htm. Transformations in the library over many years is only creating new ideas for the future. Starting out with just books on a shelf has changed to a magnitude of electronic resources for libraries. The future has so much to offer us as new ideas and technologies are appearing and, of course libraries, keep up with the changes. Library 2.0 is only the beginning for libraries. According to this article, the future of the library is to become a place of 'retreat.' The library has so many different ideas and thoughts, that it's best to put everything together as one. I think it's a great idea to merge all these ideas together as one and create one community. The future is going to happen, and the library is a part of this future.