Comments on: We’re barely treading water, what will keep us from drowning?

By: My Maverick Bar: A Search for Identity and the “Real Work” of Librarianship | In the Library with the Lead Pipe

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:20:36 +0000

[...] our situation, we still don’t have any answers. In a blog post more than a year ago Bobbi Newman pointed to this problem, but rather than offering solutions she ends with the (admittedly potent) line, “We’ve [...]

By: pcsweeney

pcsweeney — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:58:33 +0000

@librarianbyday word

By: The Potential Dismal Fate of Libraries - Left Behind in the Dust of the Social Media Revolution…03.25.09 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:32:16 +0000

[...] 25 03 2009 The Librarian By Day has a great post and question today titled “We’re barely treading water, what will keep us from drowning?” with which everyone who is aware of the tumultuous changes taking place should be [...]

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Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:15:12 +0000

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:37:32 +0000

This is definitely an issue in the media library world. We seem to be in an endless circular discussion about what the next streaming and pricing models will be, meanwhile Netflix and Amazon keep adding to their streaming collection and Blockbuster just announced it will start streaming titles through TiVo. The head of IMDB recently announced that they want to stream all the titles in their database (which isn’t realistic since many of those titles don’t even exist). Certainly, these services are still working out some issues, but these services are certainly forging ahead in ways that libraries are not.

By: Shon Barnes

Shon Barnes — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:03:03 +0000

I think this is a great observation. I guess one of the questions I have is how do libraries become more in the “now” as opposed to playing catch up traditionally..