Libraries as Cultural Icon?

Changing a Cultural Icon:
The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination by Jerry D. Campbell, Chief Information Officer and Dean of University Libraries at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

This makes a compelling case that the model for academic libraries has changed and the library as we know it has less and less relevancy to today's users.
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