I've just written a post on the RISG blog that was provoked by this article: Libraries for a Postliterate Society.
It argues that reading longer works of fiction and non-fiction is in decline and that libraries need to legitimise non-print materials, services and programs.
It got me thinking though, about whether a library in which books do not play a fundamental role in the reason for their existence, ceases to be a library? Are books fundamental to a library?
Go over and read If Libraries=Books, Then Where to Now? if you're interested.
