away from the icebergs

Libraries have been seeing a drop in circulation rates ove r the past twelve years, making it harder and harder to justify the continued buildup of a large "just in case" print collection. Patrons will be expecting to access everything - digital collections of jornals, books, blogs, podcasts....libraries have to jump on this opportunity now to eliminate training and create a new type of service offered - one-button commands such as Flickr, Blog This and easy to use programs like Google page Creator offering a new model of library services. Libraries need to acknowledge and adapt to future challenges.