I hope I don't upset my colleagues by saying this, but librarians
are not qualified to 'find the best articles and research'. I mean
no disrespect. Say you're looking for the best in molecular genetics
and you're a typical librarian who majored in English poetry or art
history.
What chance do you have?
Generally, librarians are experts in the resources, not the content.
Even with the academic background, unless you are an active researcher
at the cutting edge, you are out of touch.
Since each institution will have a different set of resources and
constraints, librarians will be continue to be needed to give advice in
this area.
regards
Mark
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-----Original Message-----
From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of James Weinheimer
Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 8:02 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [NGC4LIB] Finding through Inspiration
There is a very interesting summary of a research report by the
Chronicle of
Higher Education, "The College of 2020" (available at:
http://research.chronicle.com/asset/TheCollegeof2020ExecutiveSummary.pdf
?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en).
... etc
Received on Tue Jun 23 2009 - 22:23:07 EDT