R. David Lankes: Thinking a library is about books is like…

January 24, 2016

Thinking a library is about books is like seeing a hospital about blood and drugs and not health.

— R. David Lankes (@rdlankes) January 24, 2016

Thinking a library is about books is like seeing a court room as a place of punishment not justice.

— R. David Lankes (@rdlankes) January 24, 2016

Thinking a library is about books is like seeing a school as daycare and not education.

— R. David Lankes (@rdlankes) January 24, 2016

Thinking a library is about books is like seeing a university as a collection of buildings, not a house of learning.

— R. David Lankes (@rdlankes) January 24, 2016

Thinking a library is about books is like seeing a book as a collection of words and not as an instrument of understanding.

— R. David Lankes (@rdlankes) January 24, 2016

Thinking a library is about books is like seeing paper as a collection of wood fibers and not an empty canvas for the imagination.

— R. David Lankes (@rdlankes) January 24, 2016

Stop confusing tools with purpose, means with ends, and tradition with strategy.

— R. David Lankes (@rdlankes) January 24, 2016