Role of Libraries

So what is Role of Libraries in the digital age? I got lucky, growing up, there was one public library, I still recall the juvenile science fiction, a tiny corner, tucked away. Singular memory, floating free, the look of library-bound copies of books, the smell of a rose-oil librarian, and books. Dust.

These days, I love me some Bexar BiblioTech, San Antonio’s digital, almost all online public library. I think I’ve been to the physical location, maybe once or twice.

So what is Role of Libraries in our future? Interesting that the old-school, Golden Age authors typically supported public libraries –

Bexar BiblioTech is probably the idea. Librarians are architects of information, knowing where story data points are securely kept, and then, there’s also the idea of the curator or archivist. Similar goals, similar, in my mind, energies. But the other part of the library, besides curated collections and archives? Access to information.

Role of Libraries? It’s not enough to just be about books – it’s information, curated by libraries. Librarians are gatekeepers.