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Friday, April 15, 2011

The Job of Organizing

I don't believe that there really are any implications for librarians if everyone can organize information.  I believe that everyone should be able to organize the information that they need.  If everyone were able to organize their information, we would be a less chaotic world.  Just because everyone can organize their information, doesn't mean librarians become obsolete.  There still needs to be someone there that can help you find information, someone who can help disseminate the information, and someone who can help manage the information.  Just because you can organize information doesn't mean that you are getting the information that you want, or using the best possible outlets for your information.  Librarians are trained to the max to know about different ways to access information and different technologies to express that information.  An example of a piece of technology that I did not know much about, but librarians have dealt with, is diigo.com.  It allows you to organize the information that you encounter online, and have it in a centralized location where you can bookmark, highlight, add notes, and send to other people to share.  So, no, librarians will never be obsolete.

1 comment:

  1. I agree, librarians are needed now more than ever because the technology is moving so fast and people are completely overwhelmed by a search where they get two thousand or more hits. How do you organize and prioritize that much information? You call your library lady!(or library guy) Edna

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