Reading Report 3

“The Future of Libraries”
Thomas Frey , Futurist Speaker.com
November 2006
http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2006/11/the-future-of-libraries/

The article here discusses the history and the changes the library is going through now. Libraries have been around for centuries. The article itself starts with an abstract about the history of Leonardo De Vinci and his work.
Libraries have changed just like anything else man has made. From being a place to do research and study, it’s now a place maybe you start the research then finish it at home because so much stuff is put online. Regardless of how much is online though libraries will always have the best and most reliable resource to do research.
The ten trends they have in article are correct. I have been around long enough to see some of things happen. For instance the cell phone situations and that CD’s are going away. I work in an electronic and computer store. Technology changes about every four to 6 months updating, to something we want to do the work for us. Libraries are now getting the bad end of stick with all these advances in technology. It’s to the point now that communication has taken a toll on the libraries system also. Overall I still feel like libraries will always be around forever because they provide you with the resources and artifact found nowhere else. Trend 10 is another reason why libraries will stay. If they could become more of diverse culture in each library there wouldn’t be any concerns for anyone.