Read this: http://www.publish.com/article2/0,1895,1881893,00.asp.

Excerpt: “So at the Internet Librarian conference last week, over 100 library professionals speculated about how to survive in a world of Web-based, user-created content. They’ve dubbed their initiative Library 2.0. ”

Also in the article, Jessamyn West is quoted, “Many libraries I work with are in towns where they can’t get high-speed access,” she explained. “How can [libraries] be obsolete when people out here aren’t even fully using them yet?”