“A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.”– Shelby Foote
With this quotation, Dr. Professor Peter Strohschneider, Chairman of the German Council of Science and Humanities, began his keynote speech at LIBER’s 42nd annual conference in Munich, Germany.
“The library is a place in which learning and research happens, and in which knowledge orders are created,” continued Strohschneider. “As Foote suggests, the library lies at the very heart of the academic experience. A university without a library is more or less unthinkable. This being the case, Foote’s perspective raises some important questions when we consider the future of academic libraries.”
More here including a link to the proceedings http://www.libereurope.eu/blog/examining-the-future-role-of-libraries-at-liber-2013
