From Lakeland Florida’s The Ledger.com: ‘Guybrarians’ – An Overdue Phenomenon at Many Libraries, and a Fine Career Choice, states, “an American Library Association study found that men make up 18 percent of all credentialed librarians.” (full article)
Category: ALA
The Vanishing Librarians?
A provocative editorial from the February 15th Library Journal, wherein John N. Berry III, Editor-at-Large, jberry@reedbusiness.com opines: “once professional responsibilities of librarians are being dumbed down into the duties of retail clerks or the robotic responses of machines.” Feel free to comment here or on the article site.
Are Libraries Needed in a High-tech Internet World?
The Dothaneagle web site (Alabama) answers this question and others. Click here for the answers.