Libraries - state of debate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12340505

Good article comparing libraries and the internet.  The pro-internet argument is a bit more considered than the usual paean of praise offered to Wikipedia:  and actually librarians, to campaign effectively, need to act on the negative stuff.


To be honest, so many people don't use the internet effectively, and those that do - for example, some college and university students - have had their education helped along by a library (even if they didn't realise their J-STOR or Infotrac access was being provided by the library!).

Here's an example:  all of the people I've done a workshop with this week didn't know what the 'more' tab on the Google front page did........