I found the material in this site very thought provoking. In fact, when I got home from work, my husband and I had quite a discussion about libraries, books and technology.
Some questions that I will think about more . . . will all books go entirely electronic? Will this eliminate publishers as we know them? Will they suffer the same fate as record companies with their declining records sales? Will controversial sites like Napster pop up for books? Could we ever link every card catalog within a geographic area - public libraries, school libraries, college libraries, business libraries, hospital libraries, law firm libraries - so that our public could peruse these collections from their home computers? Will some company develop a laptop computer sized and weighted like a book that I can take to bed with me?
Just the idea of some of these things coming to be is exciting for me. It proves to me that this industry is dynamic, ever-changing and definitely one I want to be involved in.
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