Continuing the "tagging"

A quick browse of tag pages today -interesting to see the exponential growth of the tag "oscars" since Monday's awards.
I did a searchtheblogosphere with the term Victorian bushfires and found 3805 results. Not enough time to read all these!
Going into the hblwebolution tag - and there was an entry by Allison. Well done, Allison!

Had a quick browse of a couple of the articles about WEB 2.0 and the changing face of libraries.
"Away from the icebergs" raised some good points in a clear and concise manner. It's true about the "just in case collection". There has been a huge shift in how primary and secondary students search for information these days. Most are no longer looking for those junior non-fiction books which were constantly sought after in years gone by. The stocktake of junior material at Altona confirms that many books in good condition are not being used.
The "come to us" model for information needs will continue to change as people access library and other resources from their home computer.
However the public library serves many needs - and I'm sure we will always have the leisure readers, the parents looking for quality picture books for their young children, the older residents seeking large print titles - to name just a few.