Monday, January 08, 2007

Article: "The Changing Role of Library Science"

This article from the Wall Street Journal online has only a couple of interesting things to me. It talks about the supposed upcoming "shortage" of librarians, thanks to a large number of expected retirements in the next ten to fifteen years. They pounded this into our head when I worked at the Library of Congress last summer but most of the librarians there were quick to tell us that just because people retire doesn't mean that their position will be replaced. Here's the part that rings true to me: "Competition is tough" for jobs, she notes. A number of her classmates struggled to find jobs, while others had to piece together two part-time posts.

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