https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/04/crazy-horses.html What's happening to your library? Fri, 08 Apr 2016 17:45:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/04/crazy-horses.html#comment-7702 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 17:45:52 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=10888#comment-7702 Ah yes the ways of IT are wondrous to behold, but picture this: a remote tower in a vast and mazy library. Open before you is a ponderous volume, redolent of age and mystery. The dust motes from many, cobwebby volumes sparkle in the shafts of ancient sunlight and all around you the oaken shelves are packed with books, books that glow, books that positively fizz with wisdom, magic and forgotten lore!

]]> https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/04/crazy-horses.html#comment-7697 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:41 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=10888#comment-7697 Alan Duckworth is right – the world moved on! Unfortunately the rest of the article is nostalgia through very rose tinted spectacles. The underlying information skills remain the same but the tools used are much, much better, computers have revolutionised information science not destroyed it. Libraries have a bright future if they adapt, the core principles (learning, literacy, access to information & community) stay the same but the delivery methods, and public expectation, has changed.

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