Comments on: The Death of the Library? A Lunchtime Twitter Conversation http://www.danhocking.com/2009/04/the-death-of-the-library-a-lunchtime-twitter-conversation/ Opinions on... just about everything. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:14:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: BCL http://www.danhocking.com/2009/04/the-death-of-the-library-a-lunchtime-twitter-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-770 BCL Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:02:07 +0000 http://www.danhocking.com/?p=82#comment-770 This is why libraries matter: http://www.thestar.com/article/617480 This is why libraries matter: http://www.thestar.com/article/617480

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://www.danhocking.com/2009/04/the-death-of-the-library-a-lunchtime-twitter-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Sameer Vasta Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:28:04 +0000 http://www.danhocking.com/?p=82#comment-769 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. First: <a href="http://itellstories.org/2008/06/24/the-librarian-is-dead/" rel="nofollow">If anyone is ready to embrace the online world and use social tools to help others access information, it’s librarians.</a> Next: <a href="http://itellstories.org/2008/06/28/library-as-focus-point-of-community/" rel="nofollow">The library needs to go from a place where you access collections to a place where you access connections.</a> I'll stop there, but thanks for starting this conversation. It's an important one. 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.

First: If anyone is ready to embrace the online world and use social tools to help others access information, it’s librarians.

Next: The library needs to go from a place where you access collections to a place where you access connections.

I’ll stop there, but thanks for starting this conversation. It’s an important one.

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