Going Virtual: Technology and the Future of Academic Libraries (.pdf) - this presentation doesn't say anything new for those familiar with the changes in technology and the context of knowledge. It does, however, present those changes from the perspective of libraries. In the process it provides some interesting statistics and observations (89% of college students begin their research with a search engine vs 2% in libraries, libraries are not present in the top 2 educational web sites, more students use instant messaging than libraries (not sure how this is relevant - more people probably go to McDonalds than libraries too) and at the end, a whole sequence of predictions gone wrong through out history).
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