Library-Web symbiosis
April 25th, 2007 by David Weinberger
From an email from Bobbi Carlton about a conversation she had recently with Bernie Margolis, president of the Boston Public Library (quoted with her and Bernie’s permission):
Bernie Margolis was … talking about how people think the Web is going to put libraries out of business. He says that the more hits on the BPL website, the more visitors come to the library. The more people learn about the library, the more they come in. The BPL sees a direct correlation between web traffic and foot traffic but that is because the library is more than a repository of things and information – it is a resource as well.
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