new vs old

Web 2.0 is fascinating. What a platform for democracy and startups and even upstarts. Might it not be worthwhile, however, to continue to have access to old-style library ammenities -card catalogs, trained reference librarians, physical books in our hands that have been repaired as necessary, frontline people that smile and say hello to patrons by name, cozy corners with good natural light to read by and a total absence of click, click, click- in at least some part of each library system in case we simply crash the system or run out of electricity.? Perhaps some ideas should actually be "set in stone" so they won't get totally lost. Recent archeological excavations around the world continue to astound us with what we have already "lost" on every continent.