Comments on: What Happens When Your Library Is Finally Empty? http://www.slaw.ca/2008/03/11/what-happens-when-your-library-is-finally-empty/ Canada's online legal magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:12:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shaunna Mireau http://www.slaw.ca/2008/03/11/what-happens-when-your-library-is-finally-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-338240 Shaunna Mireau Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:30:04 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/2008/03/11/what-happens-when-your-library-is-finally-empty/#comment-338240 It is most interesting that these essays are born digital material. I wonder if I should print them for my library collection? My law firm library will never be empty since even if the collection were digitized and housed on some post-silicon ephemera there would still be a librarian (or several) in the room. My experiences in Shirky's post 1993 Internet driven world lead me to believe that libraries - in whatever media they appear - require librarians...probably more librarians than a purely print world. The librarians may have slightly different skills, but we are a very adaptable group. Thanks for linking to these excellent essays Michael. It is most interesting that these essays are born digital material. I wonder if I should print them for my library collection? My law firm library will never be empty since even if the collection were digitized and housed on some post-silicon ephemera there would still be a librarian (or several) in the room.

My experiences in Shirky's post 1993 Internet driven world lead me to believe that libraries – in whatever media they appear – require librarians…probably more librarians than a purely print world. The librarians may have slightly different skills, but we are a very adaptable group.

Thanks for linking to these excellent essays Michael.

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