Week 11 Readings - Dewey meets Turing

From a post-MLIS degree standpoint, I was very glad to read this article, especially if the authors' are correct in their conclusion that developments in the digital library area will broaden opportunities for the library science field. Though the rise of the World Wide Web was an unwelcome distraction for a while, I think it has had a good outcome. If computer scientists and library scientists can continue to work together, the Web can be a valuable tool to showcase new library models and more; it can significantly facilitate the exchange of information between information seekers and producers. We will need to modify our ideas about librarians somewhat. I don't think we will ever replace (or even want to replace) the brick and mortar libraries we love. But librarians and library services will continue to evolve very rapidly.