Oregon position (again)

[REMELT at LEGACY.CALVIN.EDU]

Sorry to blast in such a fashion, but as a recent M.L.S. I'm getting a
little bit fustrated with this job market. And fyi, they've also posted
this opening to the Lab Manager listserv - so you've really got to wonder
about who's going to be running the "libraries of the future".

So can I repeat my question? Who's writing these job descriptions and
what's the logic behind them?

In response...
When we ask "Who's going to be running the libraries of the 
future," I would hope the answer is librarians. When we  ask 
Who will implement the library of the future?" I would hope we would 
answer computer specialists. For the library of the future to be a 
success, we must have more computer specialists DIRECTLY responsible 
to librarians. We establish the vision and the goals and the 
specialists carry them out. As much as I hate to admit it, the days of 
librarians who are also able to keep up with the fast pace of 
changing computer technology are limited. We should continue to do 
what we do best - establish the vision for digital library,  collect and classify information that is best 
suited to the needs of our patrons, ensure easy and affordable 
access AND work with computer specialists to ensure our vision and 
goals are obtained. I'm not saying we should ignore computer 
advances. I'm simply saying we should leave the nuts and bolts of 
computer technology to people who specialize in that area. So, I see 
no problem with this library advertising on the Lab Manager listserv. 
I, for one, would like to see a person on our library staff who got 
his/her degree only in computer science.  
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 Glenn Remelts                           remelt at calvin.edu
 Automation Librarian                   (fax) 616-957-6470
 Calvin College & Seminary                    616-957-6072