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Another problem is that librarians themselves sometimes don't have the technical (in the sense of computing literacy; "technical" is a bit of loaded term in lib
by neuromantik8086 8y ago
Another problem is that librarians themselves sometimes don't have the technical (in the sense of computing literacy; "technical" is a bit of loaded term in libraries because it can refer to collection maintenance [0]) skills necessary to do well in their jobs. Sometimes this is due to the era the librarian started in (a lot of librarians got their MLIS degree before computing was as prominent as it is now and haven't adapted to changes brought about by technology), other times this is due to curricular shortcomings in library schools (anecdotally, the University of Michigan, University of Washington and University of Indiana-Bloomington library schools seem to be exceptions to this).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_technical_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_technical_services
- tingletech 8y agoInteresting, on the other hand I've worked with a lot of technically sophisticated librarians and archivists.