David Seaman argues that, despite predictions to the contrary, the library (both physically and virtually) continues to thrive as we settle into a new century. Even as libraries and readers consume more and more e-books, the number of paper books published in America last year hit a record 195,000, a 14 percent increase on the previous high of nearly 175,000 recorded the year earlier. On college campuses the "library as place" is reinventing itself as a social space and collaborative teaching environment. With our electronic journals, books, data sets, maps, and special collections objects growing ever more numerous, the notion of "place as library" is more and more prevalent. Now your library comes to you digitally in whatever place you are. Traditional library skills (cataloging, preservation, reference) are all being actively applied to our new hybrid print and electronic collections. Google and others are actively digitizing millions of books in our nation's libraries; digital paper is about to arrive, promising wholly new kinds of reading devices beyond the clumsy computers and handheld gadgets we now have with us; and we are collectively learning what it means to thrive in this rapidly changing environment.