[Web4lib] Google is replacing the professional librarian

[Jim Campbell]

Funny. I had the odd notion that it was professional librarians who made the
decisions about what books and DVDs to stock and other issues involved in
providing service.

And what general libraries don't stock bestsellers and DVDs?

- Jim Campbell
Campbell at Virginia.edu
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sloan, Bernie
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:34 PM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] Google is replacing the professional librarian
> 
> Interesting column by Ruth Holladay in yesterday's (October 
> 25) Indianapolis Star. It mostly deals with local issues 
> surrounding the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library 
> budget and the new central library building. Mostly stuff of 
> local interest.
> 
> But I thought the following paragraph was interesting. It's a 
> statement (not a direct quote) attributed to Linda Mielke, 
> library director/CEO:
> 
> "Mielke has expressed similar philosophical concerns. Google 
> is replacing the professional librarian, she has said. 
> Libraries must stock best-selling books and DVDs to keep pace."
> 
> Google is replacing the professional librarian?
> 
> Food for thought...
> 
> Bernie Sloan
> Senior Information Systems Consultant
> Consortium of Academic & Research Libraries in Illinois
> 616 E. Green Street, Suite 213
> Champaign, IL  61820-5752
> 
> Phone: (217) 333-4895
> Fax:   (217) 265-0454
> E-mail: bernies at uillinois.edu
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