Everyone in Amherst is an Author

This article from the New York Times Travel section is interesting. I like that the Jones Library is mentioned, especially the graphic novel disscussion and the quote from Bonnie.
But here is my favorite part:
The Amherst Books Web site has a section featuring current books by local authors: about 150 are listed.
“We’ve got to update that,” [...]

Point Taken

Rothberg has a good point. What will libraries be doing in the future? Will the Library be completely digital? Will we walk into a wired building and sit at stations and download our stuff while the roving IT (formerly known as reference, circ, av, etc…) department helps people with technology? I don’t know. But we’ve [...]

2.0

I read about Library 2.0 while taking classes. I also read about Library 2.0 from the “official Joneslib site” and I am convinced that it is a great thing.  But I don’t think it is a new thing.
Here are some reasons why Library 2.0 concepts will work for libraries and why they have already been [...]