Town Hall & Infographic: What’s the future of the library in the age of Google?

Townhall – join us Sept. 28th: The end of books and libraries?

For anyone who missed yesterday’s edition of Cross Country Checkup on CBC radio, on the future of libraries with Peter Mansbridge and Ken Roberts the podcast is available at http://podcast.cbc.ca/m…/podcasts/checkup_20140928_58816.mp3

Digital technology is changing the way we store information, and how we learn from it.
Does it make sense to stack printed books in costly buildings when virtual libraries are just a mouse-click away?

What’s the future of the local library in the age of Google?

Join special guest host Peter Mansbridge, along with the staff and students of the digital humanities program live from the University of Waterloo’s Stratford Campus, for peek into the future of libraries and learning.

Links

Royal Society of Canada

• Expert Panel Reports: The Status and Future of Canada’s Libraries and Archives

Globe and Mail

• Halifax looks forward to the opening of its very own library of the future
• Will the humanities survive the arrival of the MOOCs? by John Sainsbury

Guelph Tribune

• Making Guelph a better place: Why do we still need a public library in the 21st century?

Macleans

• Who cares about libraries? Canadians apparently, by John Geddes (Aug. 29, 2011)
• Are public libraries an essential service? by Emma Teitel (Aug. 4, 2011)
• In the juggle of priorities on campus, books are falling off the shelf by Stephanie Findlay (Oct. 5, 2010)

National Post

• New hi-tech public library branch set to open in Fort York with 3D printers, DJ equipment
• Canada’s digital strategy aims to get 98% of Canadians on high-speed Internet

Wired

• Why Your Library May Soon Have Laser Cutters and 3-D Printers, by Clive Thompson
• Why Net Neutrality’s Demise Hurts the Poor Most
• The Fight over the Google of All Libraries: An (Updated) Wired.com FAQ
• Libraries Warn of Censorship, Privacy, Cost in Google’s Digital Library (May 5, 2009)

Institute for the Future

• Technologies of Cooperation

• Canadian Library Association

• Facing the Future: A Report on the Future of Libraries for the Province of BC by Ken Roberts(PDF)

• The Crisis in School Libraries: Ontario Library Association

• Libraries: A Report from People For Education (PDF)

• Are Canadian Academic Libraries Riding the Waves or Caught in the Storm?

• Big Tent Digital Humanities: A View From the Edge