The document promotes the value and importance of libraries in today's digital world. It notes that more information is being created than ever before, so libraries are needed to help people navigate information overload. Libraries can help people access and use information from the internet as well as provide educational and job resources. The key message is that now, more than ever, libraries and librarians are vital to help people effectively use and understand information.
69. Sometimes, people knock libraries
“The demise of
libraries is well
overdue”
- Frank Skinner, The Times, September 2010
70. Then they actually go to one…
one…
“Why I’m on a new page with
local libraries – it was my ideas
that were dog-eared, not the
places themselves.”
- Frank Skinner, The Times, October 2010
75. We’ve always been about providing information.
That information used to be mainly in books.
76. We’ve always been about providing information.
That information used to be mainly in books.
Now it’s in all kinds of things.
77. We’ve always been about providing information.
That information used to be mainly in books.
Now it’s in all kinds of things.
We try and give you access to all of ‘em.