tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post1159841717661139998..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Library talesundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-39894373246301916632011-05-30T20:11:01.478-07:002011-05-30T20:11:01.478-07:00Yes - very tired of the technophobe label.
But I ...Yes - very tired of the technophobe label.<br /><br />But I just want to place a big thumbs up vote for "Paper is a technology, too, and sometimes it's the most efficient one"<br /><br />YAY~!Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096829586344513927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-3288054432025198612011-05-01T15:33:44.138-07:002011-05-01T15:33:44.138-07:00sophylou--exactly! I hadn't thought of it as ...sophylou--exactly! I hadn't thought of it as ageism, but it is that, too. The response I see is that the person promoting the technology slows down and repeats what it will do, while it becomes increasingly evident to me that he/she has not got the faintest, foggiest idea of the complexities of online or other technologies. It's maddening. <br /><br />Ink--that's happened to me, too. I had to pass by a row of old Vanity Fair magazines the other day (from the 1920s), and I was so tempted to sit down and read them!<br /><br />Historiann--I've met too many who have drunk the digital kool-aid and think I'm trying to save the buggy whip industry (great image!) (not you, sophylou!). The thing is, a lot of times they don't understand what I am saying at all about various forms of technologies and their uses.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-77671189254743584602011-04-30T10:53:48.414-07:002011-04-30T10:53:48.414-07:00I appreciate sophylou's comment as well as you...I appreciate sophylou's comment as well as your thoughts, Undine. Of course, I'm in complete agreement, but it kind of blows my mind that *librarians* at uni libraries are not, overall. When I've posted about the folly of libraries de-accessioning books before, I've been surprised at the negative (and even quite pointed) reactions from librarians who appear to have drunk the digital/twitter kool-aid and who dismiss my concerns as though I'm trying to save the buggy whip industry or something.Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-9188331121736665652011-04-29T21:02:30.047-07:002011-04-29T21:02:30.047-07:00So many hours have disappeared in the blink of an ...So many hours have disappeared in the blink of an eye as I was lulled in unexpectedly by the other books on the shelf...sigh.Inkhttp://inktopia.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-23370472823379745242011-04-29T17:51:22.895-07:002011-04-29T17:51:22.895-07:00Yes on all counts. And I'm a librarian and a h...Yes on all counts. And I'm a librarian and a humanities PhD, so my intellectual world feels split most of the time. I'm a subject librarian, and I totally get that my faculty want a range of materials. Electronic is great for some things, paper for others. <br /><br />I was actually just talking about this with a colleague (who also has a PhD in a social science) -- about how's there's a kind of ageism going on where any thoughtful/critical discussion of social media and other digital-ness gets treated as signs that we need to get with <i>the future</i>, man. And/or that we're OLD. (But... but... I'm GenX!) <br /><br />Why the zero-sum game? Why can't <i>the future</i> allow for multiple forms of technology?<br /><br />But now I feel like I've said too much, and I'll get my librarian cred revoked...sophylounoreply@blogger.com