“Your average citizen is not technologically savvy,” says Marilyn Johnson, the author of This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
Even as technology takes over more and more of our lives many of us are living in a technology cemetery, filled with old gadgets we have no idea how to revive, computers we don’t know how to program, and ebooks we have no idea how to download to.
Johnson argues that this is a huge opportunity for libraries to revive their place as centers of the community, for librarians to exist not just as oracles of the reference book, but as guides to the technical world.
She spoke with David Weinberger about exactly how this might happen.
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I laughed so hard at that picture!
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lol…Great entry and very true, so many of us utilize technology on a daily bases, but do not necessarily understand how it works. I like your quote at the top, “How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All.” Keep up the great work!
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I am not completely convinced that the average citizen is that senseless. We are talking about a generation of emerging technology happening on an almost if not daily basis.
I think if you throw a demographic like certain age groups over 30 then possibly this would be more accurate.
I am so fun with the picture! Interesting topic, too.
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Where I live, libraries here are going digital more and more, in fact they have quite a big deal with amazon and others in digital library lending. Not just for computer or IT books!
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