The Future of the Reference Librarian
After two four years in library school, I’ve come to understand that people truly revere the reference desk. Where else can someone wise sit and answer questions with a knowing smile? While those poor, non-master’s-degree-carrying schmucks do all the “work” of checking books in and out, repairing books and cds and issuing library [...]
Librarian’s Creed
I’m in class, listening to graduate students give presentations on ethics and privacy in the world of information, and mostly it’s boring stuff, but one student listed this great quote:
“We are drowning in information, but starved for knowledge.” — John Naisbitt
Before coming to Tucson and working in a library, I was someone who never really [...]