A Vending Library Is No Library

“If we allow library service to be trivialized to the point where it can be performed out of a vending machine, perhaps it won’t be Apple that finally kills the library, it will be librarians.”

I couldn’t agree more. Great statement from James R. Lund at LJ.

Comments

5 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.
  1. Amen! It is not our resources that make us important, but the skills we posses to help our users.

  2. Azalea,

    It is our patrons who make use important.

  3. Redbox isn’t a movie theatre yet meets needs of a niche market.

  4. Solange Blant,

    I think it might be good in areas that don’t have libraries , however our library is a place to go and browse, meet people and just enjoy the atmosphere. I would miss our library. I realize we are very spoiled as we can get any book we want in just a couple of days.(((((((((

Add Your Comments

Disclaimer
Your email is never published nor shared.
Required
Required
Tips

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <ol> <ul> <li> <strong>

Ready?