What do you think librarians do?
I think librarians are book worms. Haha, not really though. As a librarian, it is important to know book and be interested in them though, because he or she will always be with them for the rest of their working career. I think librarians help people search for books and recommended them too, but also I think that they help around the library, categorizing records and doing storytelling for children. They would organize books and put them in the computer all day and also help people find books. For a librarian, they must have a lot of knowledge in books and where they are all at.
What do you think would be really cool if librarians started doing it?
I think it would be really cool if librarians not only helped around with books, but more with the computer technology also. To have more knowledge in the computer apps and programs to better assist people who come to the library. It would be cool also if librarians knew more about books and e-books online to make it easier for us, instead of checking out numerous books from the library creating more luggage.
What do you think the library of the future might look like?
In the future, I think that the library would look like a place either full of more books, or a place full of kindles and nooks. There would just be tons of kindles and nooks lying around the book shelves or maybe even a personal one for each of us to check out and have tons of books on there. Or it could be turned around, and instead there would be more and more books in the library. Either way, I think in the future, there would be more resources in the library.
Hello Susan!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Librarians should love and be interested in books. Did you know that there are different types of librarians? There are school librarians, public librarians, technology and data librarians, and academic librarians. Some get to deal with books all day and some work with data and information. I hope you do get help with technology when you ask for help here at the Health Sciences Library. Most of our staff here can help you with all of your technology needs from blogging, podcasting, RSS feeds, social networking to formatting your word or pdf documments. Never hesitate to ask for help! Its our job :)
Last, I completely agree. The information available to us is going to increase whether its in print or electronic forms. I look forward to that future. I own a e-reader and adore it! I take it everywhere. Imagine reading your high school textbook from a screen and doing your math homework on a tablet! The future for information technology is so bright and intriguing. One day pencils will be a thing of the past! Its so fun to speculate on the future:0)
Charlotte Vandervoort, Library Tech I
Health Sciences Library