Comments on: Professions Do Not Stand Still http://tametheweb.com/2007/08/02/professions-do-not-stand-still/ Libraries, Technology and People Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:47:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ryan http://tametheweb.com/2007/08/02/professions-do-not-stand-still/#comment-341 Ryan Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:43:37 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=384#comment-341 Definitely plumbers have to work with PVC now (and actually the PVC stuff is easier to work with than copper). But if a plumber were to ask me to convert my water system because he didn't know how to handle copper, I would look for another plumber. Staying relevant is more than about adopting technology. You are probably not disputing this fact, but it has to be said. We need to be covering all our bases, and I'm not totally convinced we can do this by converting all librarians to bloggers/techies. That said, staff should know something about blogging (actually, they should know how to interface with your average web service is a better way to put it -- Blogger oficianados could still get lost using Wordpress and vice versa). Definitely plumbers have to work with PVC now (and actually the PVC stuff is easier to work with than copper).

But if a plumber were to ask me to convert my water system because he didn’t know how to handle copper, I would look for another plumber.

Staying relevant is more than about adopting technology. You are probably not disputing this fact, but it has to be said. We need to be covering all our bases, and I’m not totally convinced we can do this by converting all librarians to bloggers/techies.

That said, staff should know something about blogging (actually, they should know how to interface with your average web service is a better way to put it — Blogger oficianados could still get lost using Wordpress and vice versa).

]]> By: Curtis Rogers http://tametheweb.com/2007/08/02/professions-do-not-stand-still/#comment-340 Curtis Rogers Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:15:28 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=384#comment-340 I just blogged something very similar to this thought process. check it out. I just blogged something very similar to this thought process. check it out.

]]> By: Cindy Judd http://tametheweb.com/2007/08/02/professions-do-not-stand-still/#comment-339 Cindy Judd Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:49:31 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=384#comment-339 OK...I was excited after I read this post, so my knee-jerk reaction was to comment quickly, thus the first comment. (Sorry to fill the comments, Michael.) Then, I read David Lee King's post from today, and thought these two blog posts had similar themes: adaptation, growth, flexibility, change, and discovery. David points out that there's not really a rigid set of boxes that one checks to verify that s/he is a 2.0 librarian, and in a similar way, there is no strict definition of what any of us sign up for when we get our MLS. I do like the idea of moving along the "spectrum" (or whatever one wishes to call it) in order to have a more realistic sense of what to expect when we enter the profession of librarianship. Things certainly aren't the same now as they were even 5 years ago. And, they won't be the same 5 years from now. The lines are certainly blurred, as you point out...and, as David mentions/illustrates, I think as professionals we might be wise to see the value in evolving to meet the needs of those we got into this profession to serve. OK…I was excited after I read this post, so my knee-jerk reaction was to comment quickly, thus the first comment. (Sorry to fill the comments, Michael.) Then, I read David Lee King’s post from today, and thought these two blog posts had similar themes: adaptation, growth, flexibility, change, and discovery. David points out that there’s not really a rigid set of boxes that one checks to verify that s/he is a 2.0 librarian, and in a similar way, there is no strict definition of what any of us sign up for when we get our MLS. I do like the idea of moving along the “spectrum” (or whatever one wishes to call it) in order to have a more realistic sense of what to expect when we enter the profession of librarianship. Things certainly aren’t the same now as they were even 5 years ago. And, they won’t be the same 5 years from now. The lines are certainly blurred, as you point out…and, as David mentions/illustrates, I think as professionals we might be wise to see the value in evolving to meet the needs of those we got into this profession to serve.

]]> By: Cindy Judd http://tametheweb.com/2007/08/02/professions-do-not-stand-still/#comment-338 Cindy Judd Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:54:34 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=384#comment-338 Right on! Right on!

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