Comments on: Are Libraries Obsolete? http://www.bibliophilic.org/2007/02/20/are-libraries-obsolete/ ...for the love of books... Mon, 25 May 2026 05:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: 2retrograde http://www.bibliophilic.org/2007/02/20/are-libraries-obsolete/#comment-241955 2retrograde Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:28:36 +0000 http://www.bibliophilic.org/2007/02/20/are-libraries-obsolete/#comment-241955 <strong>3furtive...</strong> ... 3furtive…

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]]> By: Hans Persson http://www.bibliophilic.org/2007/02/20/are-libraries-obsolete/#comment-18 Hans Persson Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:38:43 +0000 http://www.bibliophilic.org/2007/02/20/are-libraries-obsolete/#comment-18 I'd say that the above list displays a little bit of insight and a large dollop on a listmaker being run over by evolution in action. Most of the items on the list can easily be turned around to argue in the opposite direction. <i>Not everyone has access to the internet.</i> Sure. Not everyone lives close to a library either. Actually, more people probably have a phone line (and thus, the opportunity to use the net) than proximity to a library. <i>Physical libraries are adapting to cultural change.</i> This has to be the best item on the list. Libraries adapt to cultural change, and, by implication, the internet does not? The mind boggles trying to conceive of the thinking that would put an item like this as an argument for paper vaults. <i>Library attendance isn’t falling — it’s just more virtual now.</i> Uh, yes... Thanks to what? The internet, by any chance? I could go on and on, but I think this should be enough. I'm not saying libraries are useless. Librarians that think the internet is, though, are. I’d say that the above list displays a little bit of insight and a large dollop on a listmaker being run over by evolution in action. Most of the items on the list can easily be turned around to argue in the opposite direction.

Not everyone has access to the internet.
Sure. Not everyone lives close to a library either. Actually, more people probably have a phone line (and thus, the opportunity to use the net) than proximity to a library.

Physical libraries are adapting to cultural change.
This has to be the best item on the list. Libraries adapt to cultural change, and, by implication, the internet does not? The mind boggles trying to conceive of the thinking that would put an item like this as an argument for paper vaults.

Library attendance isn’t falling — it’s just more virtual now.
Uh, yes… Thanks to what? The internet, by any chance?

I could go on and on, but I think this should be enough. I’m not saying libraries are useless. Librarians that think the internet is, though, are.

]]> By: Amy Jo http://www.bibliophilic.org/2007/02/20/are-libraries-obsolete/#comment-7 Amy Jo Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:06:31 +0000 http://www.bibliophilic.org/2007/02/20/are-libraries-obsolete/#comment-7 On wonderful thing I've gleaned from the Internet is the e-mail addresses or phone numbers for librarians in other parts of the world. Sure is nice to be able to shoot off an e-mail to a librarian at a particular library while in search of a specific, and often one-of-a-kind, map. On wonderful thing I’ve gleaned from the Internet is the e-mail addresses or phone numbers for librarians in other parts of the world. Sure is nice to be able to shoot off an e-mail to a librarian at a particular library while in search of a specific, and often one-of-a-kind, map.

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