Resumen
The article focuses on the future of digital libraries in accessing information and evaluates the role of a librarian in providing information services in it. A plethora of small companies are emerging to offer niche services that fill in gaps between consumer and provider. Librarians continue to provide intermediary services, whether in libraries or through entrepreneurial ventures. A more subtle concern is that while librarians are playing ever-larger roles in making information resources available, their work is becoming less visible. Most library funding for digital library services is devoted to providing high-quality scholarly, business, technical, medical, legal, or other institution-specific resources acquire. Libraries also provide gateway access to many valuable free sites and services on the Internet, investing professional expertise in selecting and maintaining sources appropriate to the organization's mission. Lastly, one should not underestimate the value of libraries as physical spaces in which people gather to read, browse, and use materials in many media, to discover new ideas serendipitously, and talk to those helped librarians.