Library Article from NJ

An article from the Courier Post Online (South Jersey)

Check it Out by Robert Baxter [March 17, 2006]

Why why why why do writers always begin the articles this way?

Visiting a library used to be simple. Walking into a quiet room, you consulted the card catalog, found your book and checked it out.

If you had a question, a bespectacled reference librarian would answer it. Besides rows of shelved books, all you could find were reference works or a reading room with newspapers and periodicals.

Once we hit Library 3.0, will the articles say...

Visiting a library used to be simple. Launching Firefox, you consulted the OPAC, downloaded your e-book or consulted the online database and logged off.

If you had a question, you text messaged the librarian who was roaming the stacks (of items in multiple formats) who retrieved the information and uploaded it to your pocket sized computer (which happens to make phone calls too.)

The article gets better though--that photo of the library branch at the mall is cool. Check out the display along the wall!