All the visions for the future of Information provision et. are quite exciting, but I have to say to me in many ways quite overwhelming! The librarian in 'into a new world of librarianship' obviously does none of the traditional library tasks - there simply wouldn't be time!
(Also a plea for more simple, meaningful terminology - alot of the concepts are really not difficult but they are hidden by 'trendy' terminology.)
I prefer the view in "To a temporary place in time' where at least there seems to be a feeling that a library should still be a pleasant PHYSICAL place to go, not just a virtual space (and I like the sound of the comfortable chairs and brandy - and maybe even some books!)
Having had a whinge though I think there are lots of avenues for new ideas, and particularly in my area of cataloguing. The traditional methods and techniques of cataloguing should not be thrown away, but they could well be enhanced with the use of metadata, public tagging etc., which might make the catalogue a lot more user friendly.
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