Comments on: Libraries and a Sense of Purpose http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/ Top of the Information Food Chain Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:18:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: weight loss tips http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-923 weight loss tips Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:03:00 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-923 In Los Gatos, the old Safeway store on N. Santa Cruz Avenue was torn down and the new library at the civic center began going up. ... In Los Gatos, the old Safeway store on N. Santa Cruz Avenue was torn down and the new library at the civic center began going up. …

]]> By: Libraries Have Lost the Monopoly on Free Information | Information Tyrannosaur http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Libraries Have Lost the Monopoly on Free Information | Information Tyrannosaur Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:09:21 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-374 [...] Libraries used to be the place to go for free information. We no longer have a monopoly on that. The web now allows people people to freely access information from nearly anywhere at anytime. So what do libraries do now? What’s the purpose of libraries? [...] [...] Libraries used to be the place to go for free information. We no longer have a monopoly on that. The web now allows people people to freely access information from nearly anywhere at anytime. So what do libraries do now? What’s the purpose of libraries? [...]

]]> By: Andy http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Andy Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:40:06 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-301 Along with supporting democracy I think helping to make more curious, questioning citizens is important. These are citizens who don't simply take what is spoon fed to them. That probably just is a part of an educated populace. Thanks Amanda. Along with supporting democracy I think helping to make more curious, questioning citizens is important. These are citizens who don’t simply take what is spoon fed to them. That probably just is a part of an educated populace. Thanks Amanda.

]]> By: Andy http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Andy Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:40:00 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-750 Along with supporting democracy I think helping to make more curious, questioning citizens is important. These are citizens who don't simply take what is spoon fed to them. That probably just is a part of an educated populace. Thanks Amanda. Along with supporting democracy I think helping to make more curious, questioning citizens is important. These are citizens who don’t simply take what is spoon fed to them. That probably just is a part of an educated populace. Thanks Amanda.

]]> By: Amanda http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Amanda Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:26:31 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-299 My belief as a librarian of libraries' purpose is simply to support a democracy by maintaining an educated populace. A democracy cannot properly function if it is full of non-thinking drones. This general principal can be further narrowed to fit your particular library, I believe. As for the library I work at, our purpose is to support Evidence-Based Medicine by providing information and research to the doctors, as well as to support the education of new interns, med students, and residents. My belief as a librarian of libraries’ purpose is simply to support a democracy by maintaining an educated populace. A democracy cannot properly function if it is full of non-thinking drones. This general principal can be further narrowed to fit your particular library, I believe.

As for the library I work at, our purpose is to support Evidence-Based Medicine by providing information and research to the doctors, as well as to support the education of new interns, med students, and residents.

]]> By: Amanda http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Amanda Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:26:00 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-749 My belief as a librarian of libraries' purpose is simply to support a democracy by maintaining an educated populace. A democracy cannot properly function if it is full of non-thinking drones. This general principal can be further narrowed to fit your particular library, I believe. As for the library I work at, our purpose is to support Evidence-Based Medicine by providing information and research to the doctors, as well as to support the education of new interns, med students, and residents. My belief as a librarian of libraries’ purpose is simply to support a democracy by maintaining an educated populace. A democracy cannot properly function if it is full of non-thinking drones. This general principal can be further narrowed to fit your particular library, I believe.

As for the library I work at, our purpose is to support Evidence-Based Medicine by providing information and research to the doctors, as well as to support the education of new interns, med students, and residents.

]]> By: Andy http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Andy Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:18:59 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-298 Right on. Our library team just had a planning meeting yesterday and thought about big picture/vision sorts of things. One thing we kept coming back to was the idea of community and relationships. Sure libraries are about resources, but more importantly they're about people. Thanks for the comment Jeff. Right on. Our library team just had a planning meeting yesterday and thought about big picture/vision sorts of things. One thing we kept coming back to was the idea of community and relationships. Sure libraries are about resources, but more importantly they’re about people. Thanks for the comment Jeff.

]]> By: Andy http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Andy Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:18:00 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-748 Right on. Our library team just had a planning meeting yesterday and thought about big picture/vision sorts of things. One thing we kept coming back to was the idea of community and relationships. Sure libraries are about resources, but more importantly they're about people. Thanks for the comment Jeff. Right on. Our library team just had a planning meeting yesterday and thought about big picture/vision sorts of things. One thing we kept coming back to was the idea of community and relationships. Sure libraries are about resources, but more importantly they’re about people. Thanks for the comment Jeff.

]]> By: Jeff Scott http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Jeff Scott Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:08:26 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-297 I believe libraries and librarians provide a service to their community. If we get caught up with just books or technology instead of helping people in our community, then we get hung up on the wrong things. I believe libraries and librarians provide a service to their community. If we get caught up with just books or technology instead of helping people in our community, then we get hung up on the wrong things.

]]> By: Jeff Scott http://andyburkhardt.com/2009/08/27/libraries-and-a-sense-of-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Jeff Scott Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:08:00 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=498#comment-747 I believe libraries and librarians provide a service to their community. If we get caught up with just books or technology instead of helping people in our community, then we get hung up on the wrong things. I believe libraries and librarians provide a service to their community. If we get caught up with just books or technology instead of helping people in our community, then we get hung up on the wrong things.

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