David W. Lewis

Libraries confront a variety of disruptive technologies and these technologies will disrupt libraries. The structures and practices of libraries will no more withstand the technological changes we are facing than the scribal culture withstood the changes brought on by the printing press. Change will not be instantaneous, but it will be relentless.

There are clear savings as fewer paper items are processed... But I suspect that few libraries have clear strategiesas to how to manage this migration and how and whenthey will reclaim resources. Nor do many libraries seem to be in a hurry to do so.