Reading Report #3

This is a very revolutionary article; I really made me ponder the question “What is the future of libraries?” In this article Frey talks about the evolution of the library and the continuous transitions that they have to go through to keep up with current technology. Including but not limited to; changing written catalog information to electronically based system, and adaptation to the Internet. Another interesting concept that Frey mentioned was the theory that search technology will become increasingly more complicated. His thought is that searching text will become obsolete, and that more advanced searches will include; taste, smell, texture and even speed or volume. One of the last points that Frey makes in his article is that libraries will change from places of information to places of community culture. Libraries will be transformed into a place that a community can go to learn about their culture, much like a museum.
In my opinion libraries are going to go through a major change in the way they store their information. I believe that the book is going to become a thing of the past and that most libraries will switch over to a computer data bank system. One of the major statements that people make against this is that “reading off a monitor hurts their eyes, ” but I believe that with technology that we will overcome that obstacle. I think that this will all happen within the next 30 years, but the change will be very suttle and gradual.