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Of course, there are the news stories about Google scanning thousands of texts. This activity leads me to wonder whether libraries will continue to look like they do today. Will there be countless dusty stacks to peruse?
I just came across this:
Blog without a library
a blog about what libraries are doing with blogs & rss
where among other nice links, I found this link (URL updated):
U.S. Newspapers with RSS Feeds
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Mike
February 9th, 2005 at 9:26 am
I’m not a librarian, but I play one on TV.
I used to work for a software house that developed library automation systems. Around 1995, there was all this talk about digital texts replacing libraries. Remember Glassbook? I think they signed some deal with Adobe to distribute .pdfs for a few. They were using sweat shops in the PI to literally OCR thousands of pages of texts. I say the system at IOLS conference in like 1998 – very clunky. Needless to say, they’ve since folded.
I guess what I’m getting at is that I don’t think libraries go away. Our concept of the brick and mortar library has held up to some dramatic developments in information technology over the last 20 or so years. Libraries have proven to be pretty resourceful and not as inflexibile as most think.
Marcia
February 10th, 2005 at 8:10 am
I don’t think brick & mortar libraries will go away either. I do think that they will be required to make some decisions about effective space. The Ellis (main) Library here at MU has off-site storage and some rooms in the library can only have bookshelves around the edges of the room because the floor would not be able to support the weight of loaded bookshelves.
What I’m getting at is that new technology and increased use of technology resources bring additional options as libraries consider their physical holdings and virtual options. For example, for some research, it would be nice to access a PDF version of a text and only order the physical copy of the text if needed. Being able to search a text for key phrases or subjects would be really nice.