Dust of Time v Librarian 2.0

I found this article on a link from the "Shifted Librarian" site - both worth a look - see below. The only thing it does not mention is the role that the Web 2.0 tools are going to play in the way Librarian 2.0 will provide information. The whole way libraries operate will be driven by the patrons - and if my grandchildren are any thing to go by, these 'babes' are totally at home on the web, on social networks and on finding their own information. It is going to be vital that we all become Librarian 2.0 guru's so that we can provide them with links and suggestions that are accredited and of a suitable standard. If we don't the world of accredited information, peer reviewed articles and academically sound websites - may just be a thing of the past in the eyes of the users. We as librarians still digging in Web 1.0 will loose the foothold we have as information providers, albeit not the same way we provided information in the past, and be left in the dust of time.

Why you should fall to your knees and worship a librarian 

http://librarianavengers.org/worship-2/

Ok, sure. We’ve all got our little preconceived notions about who librarians are and what they do.

Many people think of librarians as diminutive civil servants, scuttling about “Sssh-ing” people and stamping things. Well, think again buster.

Librarians have degrees. They go to graduate school for Information Science and become masters of data systems and human/computer interaction. Librarians can catalog anything from an onion to a dog’s ear. They could catalog you.

Librarians wield unfathomable power. With a flip of the wrist they can hide your dissertation behind piles of old Field and Stream magazines. They can find data for your term paper that you never knew existed. They may even point you toward new and appropriate subject headings.

People become librarians because they know too much. Their knowledge extends beyond mere categories. They cannot be confined to disciplines. Librarians are all-knowing and all-seeing. They bring order to chaos. They bring wisdom and culture to the masses. They preserve every aspect of human knowledge. Librarians rule. And they will kick the crap out of anyone who says otherwise.