I don't think you are correct that technology is not a library function. When
library science was begun, Melville Dewey used the technology of the day,
alphabetized cards, to make a user friendly interface to search the collection.
When I was in graduate school in 1974 we created a searchable database using IBM
paper cards. When I took classes again in the early 80s we used APL to create a
database of abstracts of journal article that could be searched by the computer.
We are on the cutting edge as a profession but some people fall off the edge before
they are able to get a good grasp of the technology. We are the future if we
choose to be so.
Marilyn Kulkarni
Librarian
Brandywine High School
Wilmington, DE
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From: "Jo Reinmiller" <Jo_Reinmiller@CDS.ED.CR>
To: "LM NET" <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2010 12:20:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [LM_NET] Libraries Obsolete
My note to all:
Libraries are becoming obsolete-like watches, they just don't have enough
functions. To claim technology as a library function is not realistic; everyone
has to be a technology wiz to survive today. I want to believe that the promotion
of reading and all that can do for a child could do it for us since that is our
most important function, but the chances of the folks with the money actually
buying into that concept are slim. It just isn't as sexy as technology.
Jo Reinmiller MLIS
Country Day School
Costa Rica
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