The fact that so many teachers are participating in Library2Play indicates the growing need for a paradigm shift in the teacher mindset to meet the needs of today's students. When I was going to graduate school I thought the Eric database was so much better than my undergraduate and high school tools for research of going to the library - usually several libraries - and finding the information that I needed to do a paper or find out some tidbit of information. Now, with the world literally at your fingertips, we can accomplish so much more in a much shorter time.
Libraries, as well as teachers, need to be aware of the changing learning styles of students and the general public. For many of us, we will always prefer to curl up with a good book for leisure reading, and may prefer to read lengthier text out of a book rather than scrolling through a computer screen. Sometimes it's hard to find just that right spot on the trifocals to read the comptuer screen. I envision a future where going to the library will be a virtual reality trip to libraries and books and exotic locations.
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Thank you for recognizing the fact that we must meet the technology levels of our students while preserving the unique qualities of libraries and books. The trifocals are really going to have to improve if we go completely virtual!
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