Discussion Questions on Textbook Chapter 1

1. Weinberger writes about the difference between finding what you want and discovering what you want within the context of a bookstore. Do libraries do a better job of helping people find and discover what they want or not?

I think libraries sometimes do a better job of helping people find and discover what they want or not. Like me, some people know the general ideas of what they want, but not the specific titles or keywords. By listening to those users, librarians would be able to give them some keywords and lead to them discovers what they want.

2. Weinberger writes on page 14 that the digital world allows us to transcend the fundamental rule of everything having its place because things can now be assigned multiple places simultaneously. This speaks to the very core of library current and continuing existence. What are libraries doing and/or need to do to transcend this fundamental rule in order to stay relevant to information users? Do libraries need to do anything at all?

I think libraries need to be digitalized which most of libraries have done. I also think having a solid database is important. Librarians should be able to use social medias and have knowledge of advanced technologies.