I urge all of us not to focus on the Texas "bookless" library but, instead, read carefully this article posted by our AJL Mentor Chair, Stephanie Gross (see below), which I've copied to our AJL-Southern California website - www.ajlsc.org/news.html.
The original article, released 1/22/2013, is titled: "Library Services in the Digital Age "Patrons embrace new technologies – and would welcome more. But many still want printed books to hold their central place" by Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie and Kristen Purcell. I think there is much in the article you'll want to quote to your powers-that-be who make library decisions in your institution. This is published by the respected "Pew Research Center, a nonprofit 'fact tank' that provides information on the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping America and the world, and is partially funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation." Read the entire Summary, then read the links to the many parts of the Report on Stephen's Lighthouse, a blog by Stephen Abram, "illuminating library industry trends, innovation and information." I was very pleased to see that the Los Angeles Times considered this important: Front page - "Not Dead Yet: Libraries Still Vital, Pew Report Finds," by David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic, January 22, 2013. <http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-pews-report-on-libraries-is-upbeat-20130119,0,1014616.story> AND, if you google "Library Services in the Digital Age," you'll find many more articles happily reporting this. Thank you, Stephanie, for alerting us to this, and for your many posts of great interest on Hasafran. Barbara Barbara Y. Leff, M.L.S. AJL President (1980-1982) (Retired) Director, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles (1969-1996) Website Chair, AJL of Southern California webch...@ajlsc.org byl...@socal.rr.com --------------------------------------------------------- > From: Stephanie L Gross <gr...@yu.edu> > Subject: [ha-Safran] Major NEW and Must-Read Pew Report on Libraries > Date: January 22, 2013 9:57:57 AM PST > To: "Hasafran (hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu)" > <hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu> > [From Stephen Abram's Lighthouse blog] > > Link: > http://stephenslighthouse.com/2013/01/22/major-new-and-must-read-pew-report-on-libraries/ > > Major NEW and Must-Read Pew Report on Libraries > > This is an important report for any library that serves users (grin). It is > from the respected Pew Internet & American Life Project. This is part of the > Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant and it's important because it surveys > a wide swath of US citizens - not just one age group, not just one local > population, not just one language group or just people who already use > libraries. It's good stuff! > > In this post is the summary data and the links to the rest of the report. > Stephanie (Sara Leah) Gross > MSLIS, MATESOL > Chair, AJL Mentoring > Member, AJL Librarianship and Education Committee > Pollack Library > Yeshiva University > 500 West 185th Street > New York NY 10033-3229 > 212.960.5442 > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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