Library #.oh

SOOOO, there are certainly plenty of experts in this library 2.0 world...Rick Anderson of Reno Libraries talks about having to do something since his library has seen "a 55 % drop in circulation rates" -- sheesh, don't see THAT kind of problem at KCLS!

AND "O'Reilly argues that 'every significant internet application to date has been backed by a specialized database." WOW, wish we could get examples of what this means...!

I DO like John Reimer's urging public libraries to adopt the model of Amazon with patrons potentially writing their own reviews of our books, etc.

BUT Dr. Wendy Schultz writes about Library THREE point oh where "books themselves may have avatars and online personalities."....! whew, then she goes further to lib 4.0 and a library with 'comfortable chairs, quiet, good light,..." hmmm, "the more things change, the more they stay the same" eh...?!

BUT ANYWAY: whatsmatta with an official encyclopedia written by EXPERTS?! This democratization of everything tends to reduce value of everything...can't we still have traditional 'monotheistic' omniscient sources?!!
Where's the objective correlative (to cite TS Eliot, that bore!)

go thou & digest & discuss....(!)