One important consequence of the information revolution is that the costs of organizing information are beginning to match the costs of producing the information. In this view, it is the context not the content that will be locus for value. 12 Librarians should be heartened by this future.
Librarians provide context to users.
Even as the stuff of library collections begins to change and become collocated in the private digital libraries of publishers and content owners, the value of librarians who can effectively turn mere data into knowledge will be paramount.