WHAT WILL LIBRARIES BE LIKE IN 10 YEARS?

Jack Ammerman [School of Theology Library, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA] muses on the future of libraries, particularly his, on his blog, TheoLib.

You should read the whole thing, but here is his conclusion:

“Much of what I’ve said above focuses on changes in business models and technology. The Library will certainly respond to these changes. In doing so, the Library’s work that has been balanced between serving the needs of users and collecting and preserving documents will shift increasingly to be user focused. Content will become a commodity. The Library’s role will become increasingly pedagogical.”

URLs:
This post: http://digilib.bu.edu/blogs/theolib/?p=344

TheoLib: http://digilib.bu.edu/blogs/theolib/

His library: http://www.bu.edu/sth/sthlibrary/index.html