Younger Librarians Revisited
March 21st, 2005Cindi Trainor on the younger librarian attendance at CIL:
“It was great to see so many younger librarians at a conference; the landscape was hugely different from the major conferences I’ve attended.”
“The Blog Kids stand out, and are very friendly. That I was “mixing worlds” at this conference prevented me from meeting more of them. (so as not to be misunderstood, here, I consider myself a Blog Kid’s slightly older sister, but I could be wrong about where I am relative to the other librarian bloggers)”
Could this be a turning point in the age factors within the library world? We’ve been seeing a gradual turn toward more young librarians as older librarians retire, but this is the first empirical evidence that I have seen that it is actually happening. There was some discussion at CIL as to whether or not there is a librarian shortage. Whether there is or not, with all of these new young faces (Yes, including me) at conferences (I also saw this at ALA Midwinter), I’m a bit more hopeful. (link via stlq)