As the digital revolution fundamentally reshapes how we live our lives,
libraries are grappling with how to reinvent themselves in a world in
which they are no longer a primary gatekeeper to knowledge. As I wrote
in 2014 for the Knight Foundation’s blog,
“perhaps the future of libraries lies in a return to their roots, not
as museums of physical artifacts for rental, but as conveners of
information and those who can understand and translate that information
to the needs of an innovative world.” As the Knight Foundation wraps up
their most recent Challenge on reinventing libraries for the 21st century (which has attracted over 225 submissions
to date) and as the nation prepares for a new Librarian of Congress to
shepherd the organization into the digital era, what might the future of
libraries look like?
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