Libraries of the Future

In a very crowded room this topic was explored. - where will be in 10 years from now. Klaus Ceynowa from the Bavarian State Library talked about "libraries in digital life". The Phoenix was used as a metaphor and like this magical creature the old model will burn down within the next 10 years and like the Phoenix the Library of the future will emerge from the ashes. Two imperatives he pointed out - library as a services must be invisible and fully integrated and the Library as a place must be visible with stunning architecture and modern design. He described the decline in usage of library web pages,and predicted a convergence to mobile devices, flexible e-book readers and library on a contact lens!