Talking Points: May 24, 2011

News
Don’t Discard the Librarians? (from John Dupuis, Confessions of a Science Librarian)
Libraries Face Growing Demand for eBooks (from Global Winnipeg)
Enrollment Plunge Looming (from the Windsor Star)
Tech Trends: Getting Down to Business with Children’s Book Apps (from School Library Journal)
Robots, Not Humans, Retrieve Your Books at $81 Million “Library of the Future” (from Singularity Hub)
“We’re just misunderstood” (from the Sydney Morning Herald)
Librarians in New Jersey Rally to Save Virtual Reference Service (from LibraryJournal.com)
3M to Launch Library eBook Lending Service at ALA Conference (from LibraryJournal.com)
21st Century Librarian (from gazettetimes.com)
A Point-Counterpoint on the Digital Public Library of America (from LibraryJournal.com)
Libraries in the Internet Age (from the Toronto Star)
Blogs
Are Librarians, Not Seth Godin, the Ones Missing the Point on Libraries? (from the Unquiet Librarian)