I've been thinking about the technology thing and how the temptation is to start a stream of consciousness kind of ramble and send it out into the ether.
It's hard to keep track of the latest thing without a teenager to keep you honest and on track with YouTube and MySpace not to mention mash-ups. What the hell are they?
One day maybe we'll be cyber-librarians like something out of a William Gibson novel and and we'll fly around in cyberspace plucking bits of information from the oh-so realistically rendered virtual shelves.
Sometimes it's hard not to feel a little bit reactionary and querulous and a bit like Garrison Keilor's wonderful Ruth Harrison Reference Librarian refusing to Google. Have a listen, it's on Radio National on Sundays at 7 pm.
Confession
I still love books. I love the way they look and feel.
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Why does she refuse to Google? I agree that it should be the be-all and end-all of reference but it is a legitimate tool. Seems a bit narrow-minded to me.
Cheers, webgurl
Well webgurl. I'm with you. I think Google is the librarians friend. I think she's meant to be a humorous (but affectionate)send-up of the so-called traditional librarian (not that I've ever met one)holding back the forces of innovation.I love a good search engine :-)
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