if everything bad IS good for you....

what does the future hold for libraries and educational organizations?

well....for one, higher expectations on the part of patrons/users/learners for more interesting, creative, customizable, thoughtful, engaging presentation and ways to interact with the product whether that product is information or learning opportunities, but for the reason those expectations are higher is the same reason fulfilling them is possible. The technology is within reach, the tools (as I think we demonstrated over the past 15 weeks) are relatively easy to manipulate, but the challenge of putting them into use can be daunting.

I have to admit I have mixed feelings when I hear or read the complaints that it's no longer good enough to just teach; educators resent the pressure to create a learning environment that must entertain in order to be able to fulfill their real role. I do agree that not everything has to be fun, but I do not think that learning has to be a miserable experience to be considered successful (see above comment about the past 15 weeks).