Kiurulo konyvtarak?

[Dr. Koltay Tibor]

A tv es a Slager Radio kapcsan is (es persze nem eloszor)
felmerult a konyvtarak esetleges valsaga. Errol jelent meg egy, a
dolgot kicsit komolyabban targyalo iras, amelyet a Current Cites
ajanl figyelmunkbe. Az ismeretes iroja Margaret Phillips.

   Carlson, Scott. [9]"The Deserted Library" [10]Chronicle of Higher
   Education 48(12) (November 11, 2001)
   (http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i12/12a03501.htm). - Our numbers
are down: fewer students are coming to the library; circulation
statistics are falling; reserve loans have dropped dramatically.
Needless to say, electronic resources play an important role in this
drama. Students are using online databases and e-journals and, of
course, Internet services like [11]Ask Jeeves and [12]Google.
Many library administrators, in turn, are citing the explosion of e-
resources as an  excuse to cut funding for print collections and
space. On the other side of the debate are librarians who value the
library as an important central space for the academic community.
These are the librarians who are in involved in building caf's and
creating ambient wood paneled reading alcoves as a means of
drawing more students to their libraries. Others are bringing
computer centers and writing centers into the library. The library, it
seems, is many things to many people: for some it is the
intellectual heart of the campus; for others it website that provides
access to hundreds of licensed resources (don't forget to tell these
people that not everything is online); for others it's a good place to
check e-mail; and let's not  forget the many undergraduates who
think of the library a great place to flirt and socialize. Can the
library of the 21st Century be all  these things and more?