What Is a Modern Library?

Last week, in Part I about “modern” books and libraries, I jumped the history-first story along from clay tablets to print media, and touched on digitalization. Now comes the presumption of projecting into the future, per the title of this article. To start, both printed and digitalized books will likely coexist for some time into the future. Libraries will surely serve both types of readers, and, therefore, what this article has to say is not about the form of the book at all, but about the form of service to the public, the new opportunities to take on, irrespective of how an opportunity rises out of the page. So, here are some opportunities to which this writer is partial. (1) Actively participate in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in Math & English Language Arts and Next Gene…