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Online Interviews: The Future of the Library Field
On the Chronicle of Higher Education's website, Young Librarians Discuss the Future of Their Profession:
Joe Sanchez, U. of Texas at Austin
Libraries in virtual worlds will join physical libraries.
Susan Gibbons, U. of Rochester
Library schools need to update their curricula.
Nick Baker, Williams College
Companies like Google will bring "new blood" to libraries.
Casey Bisson, Plymouth State U.
Libraries need to be more than community centers.
Jessamyn C. West, Librarian.net
Librarians are not very "change oriented" as a culture.
Sarah Kostelecky, Institute of American Indian Arts
Diversity is important to the library profession.
Char Booth, Ohio U.
There will always be a need for librarians.
Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of Technology
There's too much "bandwagon jumping" with new technology.
Posted by kkowatch at December 16, 2008 12:31 PM
