Comments on: Ann Arbor Library Frames Tech Issues http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/03/25/ann-arbor-library-frames-tech-issues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-library-frames-tech-issues it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Mary Morgan http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/03/25/ann-arbor-library-frames-tech-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-63916 Mary Morgan Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:37:30 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=60232#comment-63916 Re. future of the “bricks and mortar” library: This is a topic that’s been discussed at past meetings of the Ann Arbor District Library board and by AADL staff. While book collections are one of the services that libraries provide, their focus is not on books so much as education, especially for preschool and K-12. So activities at the library building – storytime for small children, homework help and tutoring, special events like videogame competitions – would continue in that space. The library also provides computer terminals with Internet access for those who can’t afford it in their homes, as well as venues for lectures and public meetings.

It’s likely that the footprint of library buildings in the future will be smaller, or certainly configured in a dramatically different way than what we see today, with so much space still devoted to stacks for book collections.

]]> By: m.c. zacharias http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/03/25/ann-arbor-library-frames-tech-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-63878 m.c. zacharias Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:53:19 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=60232#comment-63878 Maybe a bit off the subject…..but something I simply don’t understand — and the info presented in this article prompts my query. Data storage has evolved (been compressed) from rooms of books, manuscripts, and file cabinets TO microfilm TO floppy disks TO hard drives TO the internet ‘cloud’. In light of this….#1) why are library footprints growing? and, with this almost unfathomable compression of data….#2) what does the future hold for the ‘bricks and mortar’ library?

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