As the world's information sources steadily - if not exponentially - move from physical to digital media, what will become of libraries as we know them today?
Will they disappear altogether? I would like to think that they will not. But what role can they fulfill? I believe that they may become simply centers for public internet access, or - like in Star Wars and other takes on future technologies - repositories of massive stores of public data, archives of web pages, server and data centers, and broadcasters of public wi-fi, meeting a public need in an era wherein internet access is becoming as vital for human endeavors as basic literacy.
Your opinion?
Will they disappear altogether? I would like to think that they will not. But what role can they fulfill? I believe that they may become simply centers for public internet access, or - like in Star Wars and other takes on future technologies - repositories of massive stores of public data, archives of web pages, server and data centers, and broadcasters of public wi-fi, meeting a public need in an era wherein internet access is becoming as vital for human endeavors as basic literacy.
Your opinion?