Thursday, October 9, 2008
Library 2.0? What does it mean to me? I envision a future, if it is not here already, where patrons no longer visit an actual library to get the information they crave, they just power on their computer. I know this is already a reality since at CML one of the core group of patrons we focus on it the Power Users. These patrons have grown accustomed, rather quickly, to working in their pajamas, at any time of the day or night, and from practically anywhere. While I find this very exciting, I also have some reservations. I notice that the people around me are not actually communicating face-to-face. Everything is done virtually, chatting, making reservations, school, work, romance, breaking up. We are becoming a race who is in danger of losing the nuances of facial expressions and body language. I fear this will be to our detriment, but the train is rolling, so we can only get on or jump off and face a lonely future.
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Your last sentence in this post is so insightful, and it evokes such a great (or really, not so great) image and feeling.
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