>Unfortunately, far too many of the librarians
>I have worked with over the past 35+ years
>have an attitude of "I can't do this unless someone teaches
> me to do it."
I have had the same experience over my 5 years as a librarian. It's one
of my biggest pet peeves. A person in a professional position of any
kind should expect to have to do a certain amount of self-directed
learning so that their skills remain current.
From my perspective, if a person is not willing to do that - or is
technophobic - (s)he should not select librarianship as a career.
Jesse Ephraim
Youth Services Librarian
Southlake Public Library
1400 Main St., Ste. 130
Southlake, TX 76092
Email: jephraim_at_ci.southlake.tx.us
Phone: (817) 748-8248
FAX: (817) 748-8250
www.southlakelibrary.org
uncommonly friendly service
Received on Fri Sep 12 2008 - 10:09:10 EDT