二十世紀毫無疑問是公共圖書館發展最快速的時代，但許多人已開始擔 心二十一世紀似乎將成為傳統人性化公共圖書館服務的終結者。著者指出當民眾 也運用科技節省了許多時間的同時，他們也會運用這些時間來要求圖書館為他們 提供更多的服務，這些服務可能是當初所未曾預想到的。文中引用南澳洲學童對 公共圖書館服務未來的期許，提供國內從業者之參考，並針對我國兒童服務的， 提出數項做法，以協助實現公共圖書館在新世紀中更多元而複雜的責任，順利的 導引兒童，使其在新資訊時代中不致迷失了方向。

　　　　　There is no doubt about the twentieth century being an era that public librarieshave flourished and developed successfully to serve all users. Nevertheless theflourishing development of information technology into the coming new era of the21th century caught people's mind for it might possibly terminate public librariesservices and become a substitute for librarianship. Despite of the misconception thatthe demise of public libraries is inevitable, the author argues for the essentialimprovements that public libraries may provide for the children of the Republic ofChina in the near future to assure the complex responsibilities of public libraries andits inherent role to keep young users well oriented in the information age.