Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Library or Librarian: does it really matter to a researcher?

It is a wonderful opportunity, that the Academy has provided. Wonderful in the sense that we learn not only of all the perceptions about our profession but also about the space that we work in. I think most of the researchers gave their honest opinions about the way they see the library and the librarian. Negative as they are sometimes about the future of the library and the librarian, but they gave us something to think about. We know for a fact that technology come and go although to a greater degree do change the way we do things. The question we should ask is: Are we doing what is enough to showcase our value to the reseachers? Are we aware of what the researchers need? What strategies could we use to make sure that we don't fall behind? Do we have to re-invent ourselves? So many questions ....

1 Comments:

At October 19, 2008 at 6:02 PM , Blogger Avenal said...

Hopefully by the end of our time at the Academy we will have a good idea of the issues to be tackled and in which direction we should head ...

 

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