Why search for meaning and purpose?

Questions:
Why search for meaning and purpose? These are not mine; but I sure wish they were.

Quotes/Questions:
"What is the level and intensity of spiritual experiences among today’s college students? How are spiritual searching and behavior changing on campus? And what does this mean for higher education institutions and students? Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, this major new program of research tracks the spiritual growth of students during their college years."

Summary and Asnwer:
"A National Study of College Students’ Search for Meaning and Purpose"

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What is to come?

Question:
Are libraries and librarians relevant? Are libraries needed? Are libraries outdated? Are libraries old-fashioned? Are libraries necessary? Are libraries obsolete? Are libraries dead? Are libraries good for anything anymore?

Summary:
Yes, yes they are. Not because I have vested interest in seeing my profession continue (while that's not totally irrelevant) but because the library profession must become the transcendent bridge between old world information and new world information. I am a blended librarian as much as I am a transcendent-information-professional. Transcendent means: to cross what seems to be a limitless chasm.

Quotes:
Katz has this to say: "The Reference desk ...[read library]... in it's present form no longer is important. Granted a central point is needed to answer directional queries, as well as short reference questions, but beyond that the old ...[library]... will be modified into an electronic data center ...[or an information collaboration center]..."
ISBN 0070342776

Bell and Shank say this:
LearningTimes Network: Library Online Community: "The Blended Librarian: A Manifesto for Redefining the Role of the Academic Librarian for 21st Century Higher Education "

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What are the ways?

Question:
What are ways that we integrate student learning using various technologies while integrating/incorporating the libraries resources?

Answer:
Tools that capture content; librarians that ride along virtually adding resources to the subject matter; fusing multiple methods of content into a coherent, easy-to-use electronic packaging.

Quote:
"Mightier Than the Pen Alone"
"...computerized system enables students to view course lectures alongside their own notes..."

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