Week 6- Thing # 15 - Future of Libraries

Change is always constant in today's world. When reading Rick Anderson's, Away From the "Icebergs", I think he makes a good point about library services. Libraries need to evaluate their print and technology sources. So much information is available digitally now.
He states that libraries need to "find new ways to bring our services to patrons rather than insisting that they come to us." Since the customers have all kinds of information at their fingertips now days, we need to find new ways to keep up with the changing times in technology. Just with the few weeks of working on the Learning 2.0 I have learned a ton of new technology that I never knew existed. I can see both staff and customers using this new technology.One way that BCPL has started in this direction is by using blogs to communicate about collections. This is a great way to communicate with a large number of people at one time.Another example is the ASK US NOW feature of BCPL's webpage. Customers can get their information electronically. We are still servicing the public without them stepping foot into the library. In the future I see Librarians being the educators of technology and the information providers of technology.