Are Libraries Obsolete In The Age of Google?

[mundens]

Posted for my librarian friends, in case they didn't see it elsewher:

A debate on the 8th of September for "Library Week"
6pm @ National Library, cnr Molesworth and Aitken Sts, Wellington

Affirmative:
Ingrid Mason, Epublications Librarian,
Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library
of New Zealand.
Paul Reynolds from McGovern and
Associates, a web development company.

Negative:
Tim Gordon - from the Improvisors.
Bernard Beckett - Schoolteacher and
author for children and teenagers.

Debate Moderator:
Hamish MacEwan, an Information &
Communication Technology consultant.

Comments

[holding-pattern.livejournal.com]

Actually sounds pretty interesting.

[repton-infinity.livejournal.com]

The Guardian ran a research challenge (http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1210455,00.html), pitting google vs the library vs actually phoning people to ask questions. Phone was almost always slowest, but library managed a few wins over google.

[yeldarb-smaillw.livejournal.com]

Cheers!