Comments on: Librarians of the Future? http://christinemadsen.com/2010/librarians-of-the-future/ Thu, 27 May 2010 17:28:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lydia Troyer http://christinemadsen.com/2010/librarians-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Lydia Troyer Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:18:07 +0000 http://christinemadsen.com/?p=87#comment-102 There was a post-Apocolypse film a few years ago which posited the postman as the one enduring link to civilisation (The Mailman?). Good as far as it went but my experience after 3 months of life in the 1870s was that the libraries were the second municipal functions to return, the first being the police/Territorials. Firemen weren't necessary until the houses were habitable. People camping in their cars still used the library wireless and eventually DSL connections to stay in touch with the world and file gvmnt paperworks. Old PCs were dragged in and set-up and the library ladies were like school teacher/referees. The locus of order and help were the libraries, all other gvmnt offices being abandoned and without power. The libraries were swiftly equipped with generators and a soldier each. Books on higher shelves survived but the mulch was removed, windows covered and library personnel were the civil face of government for months after. Libraries aren't going anywhere. There was a post-Apocolypse film a few years ago which posited the postman as the one enduring link to civilisation (The Mailman?). Good as far as it went but my experience after 3 months of life in the 1870s was that the libraries were the second municipal functions to return, the first being the police/Territorials. Firemen weren’t necessary until the houses were habitable.

People camping in their cars still used the library wireless and eventually DSL connections to stay in touch with the world and file gvmnt paperworks. Old PCs were dragged in and set-up and the library ladies were like school teacher/referees.

The locus of order and help were the libraries, all other gvmnt offices being abandoned and without power. The libraries were swiftly equipped with generators and a soldier each. Books on higher shelves survived but the mulch was removed, windows covered and library personnel were the civil face of government for months after. Libraries aren’t going anywhere.

]]> By: The Future of Libraries and the new role of the librarian « Allisonjohnson2's Blog http://christinemadsen.com/2010/librarians-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-81 The Future of Libraries and the new role of the librarian « Allisonjohnson2's Blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:41:55 +0000 http://christinemadsen.com/?p=87#comment-81 [...] Seth Godin says — (Speaking about librarians)  “What we need to spend the money on are leaders, sherpas and teachers who will push everyone from kids to seniors to get very aggressive in finding and using information and in connecting with and leading others.” [...] [...] Seth Godin says — (Speaking about librarians)  “What we need to spend the money on are leaders, sherpas and teachers who will push everyone from kids to seniors to get very aggressive in finding and using information and in connecting with and leading others.” [...]

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