Librarians will save the world. Again.

Post #391,661 by gcareaga 7/7/14 5:54:40 PM Reply	Librarians will save the world. Again. http://chronicle.com/article/At-Sea-in-a-Deluge-of-Data/147477/ Library science faculty performed research that arrived at the startling conclusion that the Great Skill Deficit among new college graduate is one that libraries and librarians are uniquely qualified to address. I mean, what are the odds?
Post #391,665 by Another Scott 7/7/14 7:11:12 PM Reply	A good library and a good librarian is a treasure. There's a lot of stuff online, but there's even more that isn't unless you're attached to a library that has a subscription. For instance, if you work in materials science, the Landolt-Börnstein database is a vital resource. The free web has nothing like it. If you only know about Wikipedia and similar things, you'll waste an awful lot of time rather than standing on the shoulders of those who came before. A good librarian can save weeks of work. Or more. They really are a vital resource and people in school really do need to learn how to take advantage of them - especially these days when the "information base" doubles in less than 12 hours. You didn't expect a business school administrator to write the article, did you? ;-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #391,666 by gcareaga 7/7/14 7:20:45 PM Reply	I am a librarian ...and I think I contribute to the public good, but the linked article is too self-serving by half. It is how ethanol can reverse global warming and cure the heartbreak of psoriasis brought to you by the Iowa Corn Growers Benevolent Society.
Post #391,667 by Another Scott 7/7/14 7:33:29 PM Reply	:-) OpEds are like that. Especially in the Chronicle, nicht wahr? Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #391,674 by Ashton 7/7/14 9:07:50 PM Reply	Gopher63, replying to McDonald gave more useful hints (replying to the Titanic analogy and later) than much of the main article. (Nor are we inside some Info-bubble but, more like a torus? it seems here.) Keep going unimaginitively and ... guess where one ends up? The comments about L33t Skillz-sets, re grabbing 500k of songs seems familiar: recreation and not One-cent for ~~Tribute!~~ umm, honing those spelunking, sorting and triage--genuine Skills. And they are speaking of BA grads. Of course too, ditching the nautical--when you de-fund your very own Achilles' heel protector, amidst the flurry of incoming arrows--well, maybe there's wrongth on a higher scale than this seeming-large Problem? (I mean, could Academia relocate from its 18-Story ivied-Cruise Ship (back to the sea again) and into clusters of fleet PT-boats.. Ever?) I see I'm no help here (and I already knew that a clever Librarian beats a didactic Lecturer, maybe not quite an order-of-magnitude.) In The Great Flood of this ilk, seems it soon becomes: Think or Thwim.

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