This discussion going on in LM_NET has gotten me thinking about what a school library's job is. Call me crazy, but I think it's okay if a kid walks out of here without knowing Dewey. I think all they need to know is this:
1. The library is a great place to find information.
2. Librarians are really nice and they'll work really hard to get you what you need.
3. The library is arranged in a certain way, and there is a way of finding the stuff in the library.
All libraries are different. I don't think uniformity is necessarily the number one quality of a library. And the new generation of library users is very adaptable. They don't need everything to look the same in order to be able to use it; they learn by doing.
And I don't think information literacy goes away as soon as you change the way a library is organized. Just because you don't have to look up and find a call number doesn't mean you're not learning how to find the best source possible.
...who knows. I'm excited to see what happens with the Arizona library. I think I just get a kick out of seeing things shaken up a bit.
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