Librarianship a good career to pursue…
A U.S. News & World Report article says that our very own career of librarianship has a good outlook for 2006.
Librarian. This is an underrated career. Most librarians
enjoy helping patrons dig up information. They learn in the process and
keep up to date on the latest books and online resources. The need for
librarians, unfortunately, may decline because search engines make it
easy for patrons to find information without a librarian’s help. The
job growth for librarians will be in nontraditional settings:
corporations, nonprofit organizations, and consulting firms.
Search engines make it easy for patrons to find information without a librarian’s help. That’s true. What they’re missing though is the thousands of thousands of patrons who want help learning how to use a search engine, use it well, and find reliable resources in their interest areas (many of which are part of the invisible web and not findable with search engines). Oh well. We just have to wait I suppose for the rest of the world to realize what it is we actually do for a living.
January 25th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Hi LiB,
I’m not sure the world will ever learn what it is we do for a living. All sorts of professionals struggle with how to abolish their stereotypes, explain more fully what their responsibilities are, and promote what skills and training they have.
Librarians can do our part whenever we can in the most visible way – we’ll see what sorts of response U S News & WR receives from us which may point out the additions you describe.
January 28th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
I’m not sure either. But a girl can always hope.