Librarins–now media specialists

Aina writes \”CNN – posted a story on 2/3 titled, \”Librarins–now \’media specialist.\’\”
This story is a positive acknowledgement for the changing face of librarianship. \”


They say demands of technology and higher academic standards are changing the roles of librarians, creating a new breed of educators who can shift gears from \”Hamlet\” to HTML, from Gogol to Google.

More importantly many of the same skills that make librarians indispensable in school are now making them more attractive to the private sector.

\”In the old days, you could trust a book, more or less,\” she says. \”You could look at the publisher. Now they have to figure this out for themselves.\”