Dear Sandeepji and fellow librarians My personal answer to the thoughts in the article in the link is "Yes we need libraries". Having said that - the entity called "a library" and the person called "the librarian" can face dramatic changes in the years to come. And it is important for all of us to keep watching and adapting with times. To younger colleagues - I would say - it is important to see that with the skills you have acquired and the skills you should keep on acquiring, you should be more and more employable - whatever a library and a librarian are going to become I personally believe - that every librarian should get better and better in a subject of choice, and then develop great research skills - whether for academics or for business. And of course be a great manager of resources. Just my thoughts! Best wishes to all Vasumathi Sriganesh QMed Knowledge Foundation (Trust - Reg No: E-24663) A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099 Tel: 91-22-40054474 Mob: +919867292230 Web: www.qmed.org.in <http://www.qmedkf.org.in/> www.indianmedicalsites.in On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Sandeep Bhavsar <sandeep.bhavsar@gmail.com

wrote:

Respected All

Please have a look at the Keynote Speech of Library Leaders Summit and Computers in Libraries conference 2015.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/04/28/do-we-need-libraries/

-- Warm Regards

Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian

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