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March 12, 2007
Found by Google!
We received a lovely letter the other day from the daughter of Roslyn's local historian, and author of the book, Roslyn Then and Now, Roy Moger. She had "googled" her father's name and came across our recently redesigned Local History site. She wrote a long letter which concluded with, "Thank you for all the work you do to keep history alive in Roslyn."
It's funny to think that the library has the difficult job of keeping history alive for future generations, while also making information available to today's generation(s) of information seekers. This means that while Myrna (our archivist) is upstairs in the Bryant Room, carefully preserving old photographs and newspaper clippings, I am downstairs creating wikis, updating our website, investigating offering IM Reference or blogging away! The truth is that we're both working toward the same end -- attempting to make it easier for everyone to find whatever information we're offering -- now and in the future.
Roslyn residents span every age and technological skillset, which means that we have to offer as many things as possible in as many formats as possible. There are many people still using videos, while others haven't handled anything other than a dvd in ages. There are many, many people listening to books: on cassette, cd, or mp3, but I still need to hold a book in my hand.
In this case, Roy Moger's daughter found our tribute to him (which is actually his tribute to Roslyn) on our website. If it were encased in plastic and filed away, she would have had to visit our library to find it. As a forward thinking library, we are committed to growth, change and reinventing ourselves to best meet present and future library users.
Posted by Michele at March 12, 2007 3:12 PM
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