Soooo…whoever said libraries are a thing of the past has got it all wrong. Take a look at the researchers of the “internet” at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society (a hybrid academic think tank related to Harvard Law School)….

December 13, 2010 – The Berkman Center for Internet and Society today announced that it will host a research and planning initiative for a “Digital Public Library of America.” With funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Berkman will convene a large and diverse group of stakeholders in a planning program to define the scope, architecture, costs and administration for a proposed Digital Public Library of America.

…Keep your eyes and ears open for this all-star steering committee and some high-class collaboration, “There is great promise in the digital future for libraries, but we need to work in coordinated fashion across many institutions to shape it in a way that is in the public interest. We are excited about creating a big tent in which many leaders can work together to create the design for a Digital Public Library of America,” states John Palfrey.