Re: Future of Academic Libraries: Taiga Forum 2011 Provocative Statements

From: James Weinheimer <weinheimer.jim.l_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 20:13:42 +0200
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On 30/05/2011 17:12, Popp, Mary Pagliero wrote:
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> You are right that these statements can be perceived as negative when one reads them.  But, in all cases, they are challenges to think proactively.  For some of us, there are entries in this list that are already a reality, at least in part.  It will be better to look at both the positives and the negatives before we need to answer those questions.
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I agree Mary; a lot of people are already seeing some of these entries 
as reality. It's just that as I have read, and enjoyed, these Taiga 
Forums, they strike me as generally pessimistic, when I think we could 
be optimistic--and it is important that we should be optimistic, since 
libraries provide an "added value" that no one else does. Still, as you 
point out, we must look at the negative and positives. It just seems to 
me that the positives seem to get lost in the shuffle sometimes.

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Received on Mon May 30 2011 - 14:14:01 EDT