I was honored to be asked to contribute an essay to the State Library of Queensland #ylibrary project:
A snippet:
This isn’t a new idea. The Melvil Dewey quote that I used to open this essay resonates with me. “The time is when the library is a school and the librarian is in the highest sense a teacher…” He wrote that in 1876, and as librarians, we are evolving, and it is still true. Librarians should seek every opportunity to be teachers in their communities. Library users should look to the library for opportunities to experience new things, new ideas, and new technologies
Click the link to read the whole thing. And here’s a link to all of the essays: