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Comment on The end of academic librarianship, or, Harvard faces reality by FamManLib

FamManLib — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:34:00 +0000

Hi Sarah, very very nice to hear from you! Thanks for the comment. Take care!

Comment on The end of academic librarianship, or, Harvard faces reality by Sarah (Morris) Lin

Sarah (Morris) Lin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:11:00 +0000

I completely agree, Steve! I hope things work out positively for you on the job front.

Comment on An informal review of Waze vs. Google Maps by FamManLib

FamManLib — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:50:00 +0000

Thanks for your comment. Ironically I have not used Waze in over a year; quickly got tired of it.

Comment on An informal review of Waze vs. Google Maps by Christophercap

Christophercap — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:00:00 +0000

I hope you still check your page on here. Its been about 2 years. Any update on waze? hows it been with it thus far

Comment on Ways to handle job dissatisfaction by christine stamison

christine stamison — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:27:00 +0000

Love your post – you didn’t put in a part of dumb and numb:))

Comment on Library profession ranks high on depression by FamManLib

FamManLib — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:58:00 +0000

Thank you for this thoughtful comment. I personally believe that the skill set, the attitudes and approach of librarians, will never go away.

Comment on Library profession ranks high on depression by Subotaicataloger

Subotaicataloger — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:55:00 +0000

This comes perhaps four years too late, but I can hazard a guess. Librarians have the advantage over some professions (Lawyers and politicians comes to mind) of being generally viewed fondly (no there all crooks, kill all the lawyers jooks), but as far as impressions of efficacy/prestige they tend to take quite a few hits especially since the dawning of the internet age. This has both surfaced in the public arena, and in professional discourse. I couldn’t count the number of “The end of …” posts and articles I’ve seen. I’m sure every speciality has had its own stories of this. My own speciality of cataloging/metadata has certainly had its share. Despite the stereotype, inevitabily based on some reality, many librarians are quite willing to embrace new things beyond the old techniques, but they are only human with varying temperments and the pace of change can strain the best of us. I do wonder if it is the fear of whether we can salvage the profession (and for goodness sake, how? No one seems to know or agree) rather than just change (which is after all affecting plenty of professions that no questions the future existance of). This is just my lens on the situation, but I know from a few colleagues in private conservation that I’m heardly the only one. There is in fact a book on the psychology of librarianship coming out that I look forward to reading. All things change, and even pass away as Buddha has said, and perhaps our profession will change beyond the capacities of some of our members to continue in it, or indeed its functions may be passed on to other institutions (such as for profit companies) and technologies or wither from lack of economic will to support them.

Comment on 2011 by Ravi Kondin

Ravi Kondin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:32:00 +0000

Nice pictures. Shows that you and family had great time

Comment on Ten career lessons learned the hard way by Jane

Jane — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:12:00 +0000

Great list. #3 – so, so true. Thanks, Steve.

Comment on Ten career lessons learned the hard way by Mark D

Mark D — Sun, 29 May 2011 14:19:00 +0000

Steve, nice list. Let me add that these apply just as well outside the information sciences arena (not that you meant for them to be IS specific).