Öffentliche Bibliotheken sind nicht nur ein Ort, an dem Sie Bücher ausleihen können – und BCs befinden sich an einem „Bruchpunkt“
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/bc-public-libraries-at-a-breaking-point-provincial-leader-says
Öffentliche Bibliotheken sind nicht nur ein Ort, an dem Sie Bücher ausleihen können – und BCs befinden sich an einem „Bruchpunkt“
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/bc-public-libraries-at-a-breaking-point-provincial-leader-says
6 Kommentare
Public libraries are the modern day agora. Places where people learn, socialize, and create. I hope we keep our public library systems well funded. Civil society in Canada is on the decline. We are more atomized than ever. Very sad.
“I can tell you, I’ve been a librarian for 25 years, and everybody who works in a library with the public knows their patrons who come in and you know you are their only point of contact in life where they don’t have to spend money.”
So true….and kind of sad when you think about it.
That whole thing that’s like *if libraries were proposed today they wouldn’t be built*
Libraries are an ideal third space and it’s miserable that they’ve become the last bastion of community services because we don’t want to find spaces for them to otherwise exist.
Can we fund it if there’s an association or something? Also I’d love to get a BC libraries license plate to be honest if that’s an option where it comes out of ICBC … I’ll take anything to give them extra.
With the digitization of information, physical books/magazines become less popular BUT still important while the digital world has a large part of the „information ecosystem“.
I think the problem is mostly about the name „public library“. Start calling them „Community Information Centres“ since it is what they truly are, and I think they will become more popular and there will be more pressure on governments to fund them.
We really should be investing in libraries, as they are the cornerstone of proper knowledge and research, not to mention access to things that may otherwise be unaffordable, such as A/V labs, 3D printing, and more.
To think of libraries only as “the place where you can borrow books” is a vast understatement. Book borrowing is only a small part of what libraries do. Librarians aren’t just shelving books; they are [information specialists](https://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/graduate-degree-programs/master-of-library-information-studies) and guides. They collect, curate, catalogue, classify, and consult on the vast repository of human knowledge. There are some academic fields where the practitioners know nothing of the related history, the key figures within it, and how their discoveries shaped what we know. (Looking at you, specifically, Mathematics!)
Being a librarian is a *master*’s degree. Let that sink in. We should be expanding their role within academics and public service, rather than eliminating them. In an era of information overload with much of it being AI slop, they are uniquely skilled to help address related issues.