Point/Counterpoint in L&L
Doug Johnson,
Blue Skunk Blog,
Nov 02, 2009
"When exactly," asks Doug Johnson, "did I go from being the young cute guy to the old grumpy one in most situations?" Maybe when he began writing columns like this. His side of the debate is a defense of the traditional library, an institution that will be obsolete, he says, when teachers and learners "Feel no need for a collaborative learning space," "View voluntary reading as a waste of time," and "Are content to provide only textbook- and test-driven instruction," among other similar remarks. This column sees librarians (if the remarks are typical) as very much misunderstanding the nature of the opposition to storing books and other media all in one place that people have to go to.
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