Envisioning the Library of the Future Phase 1: A Review of Innovations in Library Services

Envisioning the Library of the Future Phase 1: A Review of Innovations in Library Services / Arts Council England.
England: Arts Council, 2013.

The future is now!

Internet Search Engines Drove US Librarians to Redefine Themselves

"Internet Search Engines Drove US Librarians to Redefine Themselves." Science Daily / University of Oregon.
Rockville, MD: Science Daily, August 7th 2013.

"Librarians, the researchers found, have gone from thinking of themselves as the knowledgeable person with the best answer to a patron's question to being an interpreter and connector who points patrons to helpful materials for their consideration."

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How Andrew Carnegie Turned His Fortune Into A Library Legacy

"How Andrew Carnegie Turned His Fortune Into A Library Legacy." National Public Radio / Susan Stamberg.
Washington: NPR.com, August 1st 2013.

"Andrew Carnegie was once the richest man in the world. Coming as a dirt poor kid from Scotland to the U.S., by the 1880s he'd built an empire in steel — and then gave it all away: $60 million to fund a system of 1,689 public libraries across the country."