Archive for March, 2007
Are all libraries the same? In a lot of discourse it’s assumed they are; that all libraries are in much the same business.
But is a school library to be compared with a business library? A hospital library with a public library?
The answer to this has some bearing on the answer to how we deal with libraries [...]
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Library as place.
http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/03/dear-library-of-congress.html
Interesting open letter, flagged up by Michael Stephens.
The most interesting point is where Karen Schneider asks why libraries should be the place around which a ‘commons’ can be built.
My off the cuff answer is:- because they are set up for it physically, that increasingly they are set up for it technologically (though I acknowledge there [...]
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Library 2.0 or the read/write library- call it what you will- has brought this into sharp focus.
Is a library a collection of information, to be accessed and manipulated in whatever way best suits the consumer?
Or is it also a place where that access and manipulation can be shared, challenged, celebrated, nurtured etc?
Are libraries about information [...]
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What is a library for?
Right now I see this as the basic question that needs addressing.
Are libraries about information? Reading? Empowerment?
Are they places, or idea(l)s?
Do we need physical libraries, whether at home or in our communities?
My answers ( ) to follow.
Oh, and am I now part of the biblioblogosphere? Or is that an invite only club?
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Thoughts from the North
Havemercia is a terrible pun. I’m from the Midlands originally, now living in Rotherham.
I work as a librarian in further education. This blog will not be about my job as such, more about reflections on librarianship in general.
Pete
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