Wiegand

In Wiegand, I really enjoyed reading about the principle of “library faith” and watching how it played out through the decades. It seemed essentially an “if you build it, they will come” model – or maybe more appropriately, “if you build it, they will come and read well”.

You can see the same debate play out in so many places: will individuals naturally improve through good choices, or do we need to be more directive in choosing peoples’ experiences for them? As the internet keeps increasing everyone’s information access, it’ll be fascinating to watch how library faith plays out there. Will people choose to distinguish between good and bad information, or at least distinguish well enough that they generally get more knowledgeable and literate? Will they even be able to distinguish?