Wednesday, February 2, 2011

This book is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson

She talks about how she became interested in libraries and librarians and their history. She discusses how today's librarians are computer savy and excellent researchers. Able to dig out and organize information. Refine and narrow search by subject. how to find, save and organize important information. Many of them blog. write zines.participate in second life virtual realty, collaborate, share digital resources and meet. The British Library has something called Turning the Pages. Radicalreference.info provides services regardless of political leaning. How libraries are changing. some from research and archives of esoteric materials for scholars to research to common community outreach based. digitalization of library resources. digital inventory being organized. how patrons access and use library websites and how that keeps changing. create and share is the current trend. Library clientele may expand beyond the currently geographically constrained boundaries.
isbn: 978-0-06-143160-9

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