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I, Librarian

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2005 11 Oct

Found a great read in the September 2005 issue of Information Technology and Libraries (Vol. 24, no. 3), titled “I, Librarian” by Hilda Kruger. In it she discusses the same issues we 2020 Vision folk are discussing, including virtual reference (on steroids), wearable computing, and futuristic concepts applied to day-do-day library transactions; and let’s not forget the keen awareness that librarians and libraries are increasingly mutating to reflect the demands of both the people we serve and the technologies available to them. It also includes excerpts from science fiction novels and futurists. It’s all so weirdly familiar…

I could not find a link to the article, but it is worth reading.

Memo Cordova

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    OK, I didn’t look hard

    OK, I didn’t look hard enough! You can find the article if you have access to Academic Search Premier, which lists the full text article for the 9/05 issue of Information Technology and Libraries (Sep2005, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p123-129, 7p).

    Memo

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    Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/12/2005 - 1:07pm.
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    here’s another resource

    here’s another resource for us

    ALA TechSource Blog
    http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/
    This companion blog to the subscription ALA TechSource features some of the profession’s best thinkers on the possibilities for libraries in new technologies: Karen G. Schneider, Michael Stephens, Jenny Levine, Tom Peters, and Teresa Koltzenburg.

    Marcia Beckwith

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    Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/10/2005 - 1:08pm.