Monday, July 28, 2008

Libraries and Technology: A Successful Mix

Link to July 25 Wausau Daily Herald article, "Technology's been good for Marathon County, Merrill libraries".

Excerpt:
There was a time when the Internet was supposed to make libraries a thing of the past. If anything, it's given them a stronger future.

"I was told ... early in the '90s that libraries would be gone," said Beatrice Lebal, director of the T.B. Scott Library in Merrill. " Of course, that hasn't happened."


Library operators say the Internet and other technology are improving their services to customers -- and in most cases nationwide its leading to more use, according to a Gannett News Service analysis of state data.

Local libraries have seen a mix of that, but are unquestionably seeing the benefits.

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