Comments on: Summary: My Postings on the Value of Libraries http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/07/summary-my-postings-on-the-value-of-libraries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summary-my-postings-on-the-value-of-libraries Stephen Abram's Posts About Library Land Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:58:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Julio dos Anjos http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/07/summary-my-postings-on-the-value-of-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-6375 Julio dos Anjos Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:28:26 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/?p=3906#comment-6375 Please, oh please, a post on "The Value of Librarians Associations" Please, oh please, a post on “The Value of Librarians Associations”

]]> By: Library Web http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/07/summary-my-postings-on-the-value-of-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-5828 Library Web Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:38:46 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/?p=3906#comment-5828 For what it's worth, my own humble submission on this topic (items I've noted in passing mainly): http://delicious.com/larkhill/Libraries_Value_Of http://gareth62.blogspot.com/ http://libraryweb.info/articledir.php#18 Libraries raise the culture of a community, which should lead to economic gains, as well less tangible civilization gains. I have a pet theory, that here in the UK at least, we are at a point in the evolution of the libraries where individuals have considered the value of the libraries, governments recognise the value of the libraries towards government objectives, but essentially what we have is a lot of individual perceptions. At this point in the evolution of libraries we need to bring these perceptions together and to consolidate our understanding of the value of libraries in society. It is all the more important, because we have a lot of new technologies (information technologies as well, bang right in the middle of the libraries' field), to which we apply our creativity (until all the possibilities are exhausted). We should understand the value of the libraries in society in the past and the present and the for the future. For what it’s worth, my own humble submission on this topic (items I’ve noted in passing mainly):

http://delicious.com/larkhill/Libraries_Value_Of
http://gareth62.blogspot.com/
http://libraryweb.info/articledir.php#18

Libraries raise the culture of a community, which should lead to economic gains, as well less tangible civilization gains.

I have a pet theory, that here in the UK at least, we are at a point in the evolution of the libraries where individuals have considered the value of the libraries, governments recognise the value of the libraries towards government objectives, but essentially what we have is a lot of individual perceptions. At this point in the evolution of libraries we need to bring these perceptions together and to consolidate our understanding of the value of libraries in society.

It is all the more important, because we have a lot of new technologies (information technologies as well, bang right in the middle of the libraries’ field), to which we apply our creativity (until all the possibilities are exhausted). We should understand the value of the libraries in society in the past and the present and the for the future.

]]> By: Jim Linderman http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/07/summary-my-postings-on-the-value-of-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-5798 Jim Linderman Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:56:53 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/?p=3906#comment-5798 Thank You! Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books Thank You!
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