Seth Godin: We need librarians more than we ever did

The future of the library:
We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don’t need are mere clerks who guard dead paper. Librarians are too important to be a dwindling voice in our culture. For the right librarian, this is the chance of a lifetime.

May 16, 2011 by Uncategorized 4

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  1. Anonymous says:
    May 16, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    Definition
    >>This librarian takes responsibility/blame for any kid who manages to graduate from school without being a first-rate data shark.

    Think Godin would define what a data shark is? Who is requiring that the kid go to the library so they can be a data shark?

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  2. Bibliofuture says:
    May 16, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    Seth Godin Misses the Point on Libraries, Again
    Seth Godin Misses the Point on Libraries, Again
    http://librarianbyday.net/2011/05/16/seth-godin-misses-the-point-on-libraries-again/

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  3. Bibliofuture says:
    May 16, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    Are Librarians, Not Seth Godin, The Ones Missing the Point on Li
    Are Librarians, Not Seth Godin, The Ones Missing the Point on Libraries?
    http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/are-librarians-not-seth-godin-the-ones-missing-the-point-on-libraries/

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  4. Anonymous says:
    May 16, 2011 at 8:36 pm

    I Agree, But…..
    I think Seth got confused between the public librarian and school librarian. It would be nice to think that public librarians have the opportunity and capability to help young people become information literate. Reality is – they don’t.

    Partly because they don’t have the opportunity in the public library. Like Anonymous wrote – “Who is requiring that the kid go to the library so they can be a data shark?” Second reason is because they are not trained in information literacy. That is a relatively new 21st Century skill that SLIS are not teaching (per se), and librarians have developed their own brand of “information literacy” – more or less.

    The huge impact on future librarians is that the population will be information literate – not just to the extent that they not only don’t need the library – to the extent that they don’t need a librarian to guide or sherpa them. We’re a dying profession!

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