Reclaiming Reference at the Library…….in the era of
Google!!!!!!!!
For librarians, reference work today is increasingly about community service
I still remember life before the internet, when
librarians helped people find answers to real-life problems. It felt
powerful—as though librarians held the keys to life’s answers, and I couldn’t
understand why everyone didn’t just ask librarians whenever they needed info of
any kind. How things have changed.
Then Google
came
In the late 1990s, as internet search engines were
becoming more powerful and Stanford PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin
were creating Google, that powerful feeling librarians once had at the
reference desk began to dim. Initially, librarians called out internet search
engines, criticizing them as imperfect and often inaccurate reference tools.
But not for long.
There is no question that the internet has changed how
the public consumes information, how they seek information, and how librarians
help connects the public to what they are looking for. But the change has
largely been a good thing—the old model of reference librarianship could be
intimidating for patrons. Today, what information seekers truly seem to want is
the compassionate ear of a friend or the help of a neighbor.
However, you think of reference today, the reality is
that librarians can’t just sit back and wait to deliver information any more.
Our future is in proactively helping our communities ask the right questions,
find the right answers, make meaning of the information they find, and put it
to productive use.
Full Info at | https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/78010-reclaiming-reference.html
Regards
Mr. Pralhad Jadhav
Master of Library & Information Science (NET
Qualified)
Research Scholar (IGNOU)
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository
Khaitan & Co
Twitter Handle | @Pralhad161978
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