Baking Up a Technology Pie

摘要

Librarians have a special seat at the table of the 21st century, now that we live in the age of information. Librarians have traditionally been the keepers of society's knowledge. While the challenges are considerable, the tools that are presently available provide views of information at levels of granularity previously unavailable at any price. That power is not automatically, a good thing—we suffer from information overload—but it is a reality that must be managed. This article looks at several technologies that are already or will very soon be impacting the library and offers advice on how to live in relative harmony with most of them.