Wise folks,
I need to ask this question to keep myself from getting too judgemental. Is
there someone who can explain to me what is behind the complete refusal of
several experienced librarians I know (definitely a minority, but more than
one, just the same)to learn to do anything remotely connected to more recent
technology than the overhead projector? How can it be that they can simply
say, "I won't learn that" and keep their positions? Is there any other
field, save education, where one can say "I refuse to learn new methods" or
"I refuse to entertain new ideas" and still be part of a profession?
Like I said, I sincerely want to understand, because my inclination is to be
really harsh toward these people, who, from my narrow perspective, give the
rest of the library world a bad name. Some ideas? Thanks for your insight.
Monica Williams-Mitchell
Purcell Marian High School
Cincinnati, OH
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