http://danhocking.disqus.com/NoneenThu, 23 Apr 2009 03:02:07 -0000http://www.danhocking.com/2009/04/the-death-of-the-library-a-lunchtime-twitter-conversation/#comment-10906544<p>This is why libraries matter: <a href="http://www.thestar.com/article/617480" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.thestar.com/article/617480">http://www.thestar.com/arti...</a></p>BCLThu, 23 Apr 2009 03:02:07 -0000http://www.danhocking.com/2009/04/the-death-of-the-library-a-lunchtime-twitter-conversation/#comment-10906543<p>I'm a bit tired, so accept my apologies for simply dropping links to my blog here, but I've thought long and hard about the changing role of the library.</p><p>First: <a href="http://itellstories.org/2008/06/24/the-librarian-is-dead/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://itellstories.org/2008/06/24/the-librarian-is-dead/">If anyone is ready to embrace the online world and use social tools to help others access information, it’s librarians.</a></p><p>Next: <a href="http://itellstories.org/2008/06/28/library-as-focus-point-of-community/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://itellstories.org/2008/06/28/library-as-focus-point-of-community/">The library needs to go from a place where you access collections to a place where you access connections.</a></p><p>I'll stop there, but thanks for starting this conversation. It's an important one.</p>Sameer VastaWed, 22 Apr 2009 23:28:04 -0000