Role of Librarians

Chris Mays cmays at sfsu.edu
Wed Oct 18 19:32:04 EDT 1995


It's clearly up to librarians to make sure libraries are where the action
is, and stays. But then, that's probably what the farriers said faced with
the horseless carriage.

At 4:04 PM 10/18/95, Harry_M_Kriz at vt.edu wrote:

 * At 10:28 AM 10/18/95 -0700, you wrote:
[snip]
 * The money and talent went to TV.
 * That's where the action is. Radio stations that still have a staff are now
 * frequently operated with canned packages mounted by low paid technicians.
 *
 * Will libraries end up being staffed by low paid clerks who provide change
 * for the coin-op Internet terminals?
 *
 * Librarians need to remember what business they are in and see that they do
 * the right things for their customers.
 *
[snip]

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