Loved the Blogpoly board and the articles on the future of the library. Especially Away from Icebers, and To a Temporary Place in Time. The idea of libraries as conversations is really interesting and the potential for the future is seemingly limitless. Its been great to explore all the exercises on the the Web and get an inkling of what the future might hold for libraries (and the rest of the world). As is said in some of the articles, it is essential that while leaping forward to embrace the future that we don't loose sight of what is good in the past and the present especially the library described at the end of To a Temporary Place "the LIBRARY: a WiFREE space, a retreat from technohustle, with comfortable chairs, quiet, good light, coffee and single malt. You know, the library." We all need those spaces sometimes. And we also need to not miss the little things at the same time as reaching to grasp the big picture. This picture is of some of the little things in my world.
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