Jim Weinheimer said:
"Our worldview must change along with the world, and if the worldview of our users has changed to include materials on the internet, so must ours. Will libraries be able to adapt to this 'new' world? (It's already been around for almost 10 years and can hardly be called 'new' anymore!) My personal optimism waxes and wanes, and right now it is waning. I see no real push in the library world for methods and projects that seriously deal with this reality."
I agree with what Jim says, but my "personal optimism" is more than waning...it's pretty much gone.
Simply put, if the library community was capable of adapting to this new worldview it would have done so years ago. Sure, there's been nice rhetoric over the years, and some changes, but not much in the way of actual progress towards adapting to this "new" world.
Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Bloomington, IN
Received on Sun Mar 01 2009 - 14:05:33 EST