The Modern Librarian
This nytimes article discusses the roles librarians have taken on in response to computer based io/ir. The article presents some examples of io/ir skills librarians are now training students in, reasons why librarians will not be replaced by search engines. It also mentions issues of schools with tight budgets firing librarians to save money and a lack of appreciation for the role of the library/librarian in schools, reasons why their jobs might be threatened anyway.
“The days of just reshelving a book are over,” said Ms. Rosalia, who came to P.S. 225 nearly six years ago after graduating at the top of her class at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. “Now it is the information age, and that technology has brought out a whole new generation of practices.”