[gutvol-d] Death by Irony: How Librarians Killed the Academic Library

Interesting essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education's "Commentary" section. Obviously meant to be tongue-in-cheek, but it still resonates. The intro paragraph reads: "The academic library has died. Despite early diagnosis, audacious denial in the face of its increasingly severe symptoms led to its deterioration and demise. The academic library died alone, largely neglected and forgotten by a world that once revered it as the heart of the university. On its deathbed, it could be heard mumbling curses against Google and something about a bygone library guru named Ranganathan." Full text at: http://bit.ly/hzuTX1