A story on whether libraries will survive in the age of the Internet includes a comment by Joseph Mika, director of the Library and Information Science Program at Wayne State . "The biggest challenge we're facing is, 'Where do we get the funding,' he pointed out. "Libraries are so much more than they used to be. It all becomes really expensive." According to the American Library Association, the vast majority of people believe libraries still will be necessary in the future, although their role may be expanded from a center for information to a center of culture.