Eric Wainwright on future of academic libraries

The Calgary central library was on first impression the finest public building I have been in for years.

We are now used to memory institutions as a way of collectively referring to libraries, archives and museums.

Libraries are not ends in themselves, but serve the interests of the organizations of which they are a part. As university emphasis varies around research, education and career poles, we can expect to see libraries evolve to support those emphases more strongly.