Libraries have to change to keep up with technology. They still have to meet the need of learning to read for small children, having reading lists and summer fun to encourage the reading. For older children and adults there has to be technology involved in the library offerings. I thought a good quote from the reading was "Librarian is a trend spotter". How true that in this age they have to keep up with the trends and those tend to be focused around technology. Librarians truly have to be change agents to embrace the technology changes that are coming our way.
I spent lots of time in the library while finishing graduate school in early 90's. Saturday mornings I would head to the Houston Public Library downtown as they had vast amounts of data for research. The Librarians were very helpful and once you knew the process it was easy to find data. I heard the downtown library reopened within the last year after remodeling - has anyone seen it? I think it is time to head downtown to take a look!
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Good librarians have to stay ahead of the changes, not just keep up. School librarians have to juggle all the traditional tasks, technology, limited budgets and provide relevant levels of instruction. Whew...
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