Bread & Butter
cadieux@librarybook.com
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:47:24 -0400
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:47:24 -0400
Message-Id: <3.0.32.19971021095113.007d0920@librarybook.com>
From: cadieux@librarybook.com
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Bread & Butter
Conntechers:
I spend a fair amount of time online, and the more time spent the more I
believe that future of the library does NOT rest with the Internet or
electronic media, particularly as online connections become more prevalent
in schools and homes. I also find that the Internet is a surprisingly
personal medium--my Web bookmarks have become my own little library--and
often best suited to private spaces.
The future of the library (such that it is) will remain strongly tied to
books, reading, and literacy. This is not for an instant to say that the
Internet isn't marvelous--any library without Internet access at the
reference desk should be prosecuted--but as important as it is, the
Internet is not our bread and butter and will never be so long as we are
called libraries.
Joe Cadieux
Director
Kent Memorial Library
Suffield, CT
Note: I'm not pretending to offer earth-shattering revelations here.
These are just a few thoughts I scratched out as I was unable to sleep last
night. Anyone out there with counter ideas?