The only downside to the internet revolution; the threat to libraries and books. I can smell Milwaukee's downtown library just looking at this picture and I can envision West Allis', Villard Avenue's, Wauwatosa's, etc. I mean I can see them as if I was there yesterday. But, when I did a search for Milwaukee County Libraries, I find just the main downtown one in Milwaukee, all the rest are in the suburbs. Since when did only rich people need library services? I hope I have this wrong...
Library as Community: A Physical Vision of the Branch Library
“What is the role of a library when it no longer needs to be a warehouse of books and when users can obtain information without setting foot in its doors? (p. vii)” There are potentially two ways to look at the previous question: one as a doomsayer and the other more optimistic in nature. The doomsayer would note that doing a search on Googlefor the phrase ‘demise of libraries’ turns up over a half million returns, clearly a popular topic that would not surprise me leads back to the Library of Alexandria and people wondering what would happen to a library when scrolls were no longer in fashion (joke).
