In a recent article published in Penn State's online magazine of scholarship and creativity, ResearchPennState, Assistant Dean for Scholarly Communications, Michael Furlough, and Assistant Dean for Technical and Collections Services, Lisa German, discussed the future of libraries in the age of computers and digitized media.According to the article, recent studies suggest that digital media has "promoted more networked modes of learning" by not only drawing people into the libraries with updates and changes, but also by pushing the materials available in libraries out to those people by way of the internet.
German and Furlough agree that the future of the library and librarians will lie in helping people "navigate a vast and shifting sea of information."
To read the full article by Jesse Hicks, please visit http://www.rps.psu.edu/probing/todayslibraries.html. Photo Credit to Dan Chibnall.
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