I keep thinking of things I want to post, but the blog’s been silent for a while. I moved into a new apartment next week, and we’re not getting Internet until next Thursday. I wrote this and the last two posts on my phone, but that’s slower and harder to type accurately, so it’ll probably be a little bit longer until I start making regular updates.
Archive for May, 2010
What Do Librarians Do?
20
May
From an in-class discussion today…
My group’s prompt was
As a librarian, you have the tasks of cataloging, tagging, shelving, and acquiring books and other artifacts (tapes, software, maps, etc.). Are you organizing data, information, knowledge, or wisdom? Create a “cocktail talk” description of what you do without using the words books, library, documents, texts, story, volumes, shelves, materials, manuscript, file, tome, resources, or equipment.
Our answer:
We are information professionals; our job is organizing information and imparting knowledge to users. Using whatever mediums or tools are appropriate, we equip patrons by giving them tools to seek the path to wisdom and enlightenment.
Thoughts Above My Paygrade
17
May
Sometimes it seems like what we pay people is inversely proportional to how necessary what they make or do is. This is why teachers, authors, and people who work at grocery stores make almost nothing compared to professional athletes.
It also explains why politicians are paid so much by lobbyists and special interest groups compared to their tax-based salaries.