A Must Read

September 29th, 2006

Print out this article on librarians and search and make copies for the reference desk and public Internet stations. A few favorite quotes from two colleagues:

Gary Price: “”For some people, if the answer isn’t in the first few results it might as well not be there,” said Gary Price, founder and editor of the ResourceShelf blog and director of online resources at Ask.com. “No matter how smart and helpful search engines get, they’re never going to replace librarians.”

Sarah Houghton: “”The idea of the 1950s librarian, that’s outdated,” said Sarah Houghton-Jan, information Web services manager at the San Mateo County Library in Northern California. “You find people who are expert at searching the Web and using online tools; high-level information experts instead of someone who just stamps books at the checkout desk.”

See? Much better than picketing.

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