In the Age of Google, Amazon and Netflix, Why Do We (still) Need Libraries?
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What’s the purpose of a library in a digital age? As more and more people read the news online, watch movies on Netflix and order e-books from Amazon, the debate intensifies. Why have libraries when readers can get most of what they need and want from the Internet? What is the purpose of public and academic libraries in an era of Google and Amazon? This presentation will 1) explore the transformative impact of digital technology on public and research libraries, and 2) look at the surprising new roles of libraries in our networked age.
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In the Age of Google, Amazon and Netflix, Why Do We (still) Need Libraries?
- 1. IN THE AGE OF GOOGLE, AMAZON AND NETFLIX… why do we still need libraries? Kathlin L. Ray Dean, Libraries and Teaching & Learning Technologies University of Nevada, Reno
- 4. Pew Research Center Internet Project 2013
- 5. Then: information was expensive and scarce
- 6. Now: information is cheap and plentiful
- 9. “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” Andrew Carnegie
- 14. "You want to photograph me eating chicken?“ "Yep." "Well, if I let you, I need you to help me deliver a message.“ "What’s that?“ "I work at this library. And before that, I was coming here for twenty years. It’s my favorite place in the world. As many people know, the main reading room of this library is supported by seven floors of books, which contain one of the greatest research collections in the world. Recently, the library administration has decided to rip out this collection, send the books to New Jersey, and use the space for a lending library. As part of the consolidation, they are going to close down the Mid-Manhattan Library Branch as well as the Science, Industry, and Business Library. When everything is finished, one of the greatest research libraries in the world will become a glorified internet cafe." Humans of New York Feb. 25, 2014
- 18. Linebaugh Public Library in Murfreesboro, TN.
- 19. Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center “A pioneering information environment designed to nurture creativity and stimulate intellectual inquiry.”
- 20. “The single greatest intellectual force and competitive advantage in the 21st century is the rapid assimilation of new knowledge to fuel innovation.” “New knowledge, applied to existing tasks, results in increased productivity; new knowledge applied to new challenges and tasks is fundamental to innovation.”
- 30. Northern Nevada Tool Library
- 31. Northern Nevada Tool Library
Notes de l'éditeur
- A reminder of just how precious thesecontainers of information were…
- Late 1800’s, an American innovation heralding the importance of public access to information – the Carnegie library
- Centered around a service desk, Carnegie libraries encouraged public interaction with the librarian.
- Beauty was an important aspect of the public library. – uplifting, inspiring, empowering. (NY Public Library reading room)
- As the number of books multiplied, so did the number of shelves…
- Turns out this man got his facts wrong and doesn’t work at NYPL but he is not alone in his passion for libraries. People are fiercely protective of libraries (and books).
- Another pivotal event in American history – Yosemite Park, the first time in history that a government decides to set aside a large tract of natural scenery for the future enjoyment of everyone, rich and poor alike. (given to CA to manage so not the first national park; that happened later).
- Yellowstone was the first national park. Establishing national parks was an idea as “uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.” “the parks are living symbols of democracy.” Ken Burns
- Like national parks, public libraries welcomed all, rich and poor.
- Public libraries serve as community gathering places, teach information literacy skills, encourage life long learning.
- What’s the role of universitylibraries? Isn’t everything available online? MIKC is an example of the next gen academic library.
- Rapid and transformative change in scholarly communications i.e. how knowledge is created and distributed.
- Knowledge Center serves as an important community gathering place…
- Whiteboard paint and moveable furniture encourage ad hoc collaboration in DeLaMare Library
- The library serves as an important cultural center (Cardboard Gandhi by art professor, Joe Delappe); DeLaMare displays an award winning concrete canoe.
- Students – the knowledge workers of tomorrow - need access to a wide range of new technology. And the library has it.
- Hitech (like the massive automated storage and retrieval system) AND high touch; both ends of the spectrum are here in the Knowledge Center.
- Not this!
- But this! Future libraries go beyond books – they share seeds, cake pans, toys, Legos, you name it. How about a tool library?
- There’s one right here in Reno!
- But literacy is still the most important goal of all; if a person can’t read, s/he cannot participate effectively in a democracy. (statistic about prison projections based on # of 10-11 yr olds who can’t read.) Reading fiction teaches empathy, a vital civic skill.
- [In an age of ubiquitous digital information, are libraries dead? Not even close. Libraries are actually in the people business, not the book business.]