Because it’s Information Awareness Month this month, over at LINT, we’re running a little contest asking folks to think about the library – the one you work at, the one you visit, your favourite (or not-so-favourite!) library – and what it will look like in 2010. You are welcome to create an account on LINT and post your vision there, or email us. The prize for the best entry is a signed copy of Meredith Farkas’ book Social Software in Libraries.
I’m especially curious to hear from any all of you readers who don’t work in a library. What do you love about the library? What are your gripes about your library? Or don’t you visit a library at all – why not, and what would make the library more relevant to you?
Feel free to email me, leave a comment here, or go visit LINT and tell us what you think. Entries close 20 May.
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I visit my local community library every 2 weeks to get books for the kids and the occassional cook book or novel and for me, my ideal library would be light and airy, lots of natural light and hopefully have a view to a garden. It should be easy to access for its intended users and non threatening to the mearly curious.
Beyond that it will be interesting to see what happens. Libraries are a repository of information. Traditionally that has been books. More and more information is online, but still I hope and think that there will always be a place for a library with books.
Hi CW, thanks for alerting me to this. I left this comment at the LINT blog:
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Coincidentally, I blogged about a possible “Library of the Future†in this post. Not sure if it qualifies as an entry though 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment, Edward. Your point about a garden is an interesting one (given me a bit to think about, might write more about this later). I agree about books, though. While I love having quick and easy access to information online, there’s something about holding a book in one’s hands that I’m not sure an e-book reader will ever replace…
Cheers Ivan – I think one of the LINT team was going to contact you 🙂