History matters

As information professionals, whatever our exact job title, memory is at the heart of what we do. Our collections, be they analog or digital, stored on shelves or in the Cloud, are the amalgamated memory of our field. Everything will be history someday, and if anything, the pace has quickened. There is something almost plaintive about a product that calls itself “up-to-date,” and what is as out-ofdate as yesterday’s Facebook post?