libraries are hip with the youth

libraries are hip with the youth but not in the way you might think. reuters is reporting on a study today finding generation Y as the new, hot age group using libraries. but more interestingly they’re there to use the computers.

i can picture a day when most books are digital. then a library can be small and serve even more content then ever. librarians are still needed to help people find and research topics, but hey, no more late fees! that vision must certainly be in the minds of the Google Library Project. i’m glad they’re leading a charge in this direction and taking the initial heat with book publishers. i also appreciate that this will be super disruptive to book publisher’s business models and cause some pain in the transition. It’s a net positive to me and i feel it’s just a matter of time really. as more and more things become digital, there’s added value for us all. but it up-ends existing situations. onward!

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