If We Didn't Have the Schools We Have Today, Would We Create the Schools We Have Today? by Tom Carroll, 2000 CITE article cited by Will Richardson

Will Richardson's June 6, 2009 blog post on Weblogg-ed contemplates the changes in education that are coming and/or need to happen. In particular, he focuses his insights on Carroll's article. One of the quotes he pulls out is as follows:
"In the networked learning communities of the future, expert learners (we call them teachers, educators, scientists, and researchers today) are going to be recognized for their ability to learn and help others learn, as they continue to construct new knowledge and develop their own expertise. Their job will not be to teach – but to help others learn, as they model learning through collaboration to solve problems and achieve goals they have in common. (A significant part of the expert learner’s role will be organizing and managing the collaborative learning community.)"
This quote caused me to pause and think of what future libraries, or learning resource centers might look like...and what librarianship might look like. "Help others learn" and "organizing and managing" jumped out at me. Libraries or Learning Resource Centers should be sites for learning: support for learners, equipment and resources for learners, and expert learners to provide role modeling, guidance, and instruction as needed.