Zach Fannin column: Library changing, to serve us all better. (Appleton Post-Crescent, 4/24/2012)
Excerpt: Lately, I’ve been hearing about the death of “the library as we know it.” I’m not sure what is meant by “as we know it,” a phrase that’s thrown around a lot, but it seems to defeat the idea that the library is dying. If by “the library as we know it,” people mean it’s a place to get books, well, more power to them.
It’s no longer just a place to get books. It’s much more than that now. The library is not dying; it’s transforming. It’s changing. It always has been. It’s meant to. And it’s become much more than a place to see and gather information.
Zach is also a community columnist for the Appleton Post-Crescent. According to the newspaper's website, the Post-Crescent has chosen 49 Fox Valley residents to serve as Community Columnists for the next year. The Community Columnists will write five columns a year on a rotating basis.
Apparently, it's a gig Zach has had at least since 2009. He can be reached at pcletters@postcrescent.com
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