Well, it is all a matter of definitions. Libraries were once groups of men and women who knew stuff - before , tablets, scrolls, books and now hard drives of so

Well, it is all a matter of definitions. Libraries were once groups of men and women who knew stuff - before , tablets, scrolls, books and now hard drives of some sort. So warehouses full of books are on their way out, same as warehouses full of scrolls tablets etc were tossed out for their civilizations. Even now most libraries are getting rid of huge volumes of books, those books that no-one reads. The information will endure,. so we will have remotely accessible data piles, widely duplicated. In time most of these will be scrapped. We can keep all data for ever at all locations when we get the data density.