It's a quiet night at the library, so time is available to think ponderous thoughts...

The future of libraries is my most recent musing. What will we look like in 50 years, or even 20 years. Long rooms of computers...large video screens with actors reading books to customers....delivery rooms where librarians make selections for customers and send them to their homes...ah, the possibilities.

But for tonight, I would just like to get home before the rain starts1