Abstract
The author, who is one of most eminent Italian scholars of Library History and Bibliography, deals with fate of libraries in technological age. Until half of past century, it would not be possible to think about libraries disappearance, because they were considered fortresses of civil advancement and because even idea of their destruction would be considered a barbarity. Nowadays, we are facing a profound crisis that led to radical transformations. In current scenario, libraries are condemned to be irrelevant and only way to control their decline is to transform them into museums, making collections available and preserving library buildings. These opinions are also true with respect to less prestigious libraries, whose collections often testify history of a territory or a community. A honest reflection on future of libraries could not take into account the cultural realities in different layers of society, of their tendencies, of their needs, and of technological ways already existing for their satisfaction.
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