Life in a Dot-Lib World

摘要

The ultimate tipping point is upon us. It may even be behind us. That whooshing sound you hear is the winds of change. There are no more libraries in the future.rnSure, there is "library," a function, a collection of all available content, a universally available digital reality. Print is no longer an alternative chosen by the creators of content; it is an option chosen by readers. The demise of creator-controlled print creations began in the 1960s with the arrival of photocopying. The disintegration accelerated when periodicals became digital full-text objects.