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Libraries aren't going anywhere. I think they will transition from relatively large storage place facility physical books, to a hub for study. It's already happened, really. All my collegiate library studying took place via online databases like EBSCOhost, but this much is pretty obvious. What is more obscure, and will be more interesting to see is how the library evolves culturally in the coming years.

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I think this is an important function of libraries too. It's a nice quiet place and with enough work room to read and relax. With that said, other than at Universities, I doubt many people think that's a valuable thing. The value of libraries is hard to quantify and in policy discussion that's not a good thing for libraries.

I would disagree that libraries aren't going anywhere. Any institution could subscribe to EBSCO, Gale, JSTOR, etc, etc without the overhead of a library or librarians.

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