RLC102 Academy Hermeneutics

Of all the many concepts we learned about here, I thought the following were hot potato-ish:
1. Exponentialism - The speed and rate at which technology is changing.The belief that this threatens our very existence as a profession.Are we naive in thinking that this will not happen or are we just hoping that it does not happen in our lifetime?Are we ready and what are we doing to protect our sacred canopy?

2. Retrospective Research and Epistemological breaks - Are breaks in the production of knowledge normal? Can Research Librarians recognise such breaks?

3.Bias in Research - Should Research Librarians be pointing out tilted outcomes of some research and to what extent?Should we be envisaging something similar to the US Patriot Act?

4. Second Revolution, Third mission - Are Universities listening to themselves and their researchers?Are they waiting for a totalitarian hijack of the notion of 'social responsiveness", for the state to tell them what to do next?

Librarians are clearly learning from this experience but need to find meaningfull roles to play in the changing landscape of the profession.

RLC103 tomorrow.