Reading Report # 3

The Future of Libraries, by Thomas Frey

Thomas Frey, Blog Futurist

9/22/2009

http://ww.futuristspeakers.com/2006/11/the-future-of-libraries.

Libraries first began with the art of Leonardo da Vinic in 1519. With his many collection of art drawing but it took sentries for the everyone to think about these collections. People always take for gradated the things libraries do. But if it were not for libraries the are of Leonardo da Vinic would not have been recover. Which kept all his things safe and ready for public view.

Many hundreds of years ago libraries were use to save many important documents raging from the Bible and other manuscripts. John Gutenberg was one of the first to use his printing press for many publications and he financed it himself. Today Libraries carry the most collections of Book and Manuscript not to forget they are the safe keeper of many things.

Today libraries are changing you can use them to find many different things and also use the Internet. Not just at the library but also on your home computer. But where does this technology end with the library or with the Internet? There are so many way now Days to retrieve your information, Which includes the Internet via the phone or you TV. Eventually things will changing and new technology will make thing easier and cheaper for the users of technology.

The author commented that we will reach our limit with technology but I do not agree with this, in fact the more we evolve as people the more we learn and can change the out come of everything. There will be more out cry for more information and we will continue to look for more information. Where will that leave libraries in the future? I believe that is hard to say because as we learn there is more innovative way of storing information and using our libraries.

I believe that libraries will always exist but will look different in the near future.