[Publib] "Old" librarian

[Caroline Desrosiers]

I was going to stay out of this (very entertaining) discussion, but I have
to jump in here.  Yes, Ms. Rheay's aversion to technology seems to prove
Hillary's point about older librarians, but as a young-ish librarian (I'm
35, in the interest of full disclosure) I will throw this out there.  I
teach computer classes for my library system, and a lot of my students are
older patrons who are overwhelmed by new technology.  It's a huge learning
curve and it seems to me that those of us coming into the profession with
computer skills (due in large part because we grew up with computers) owe it
to our older colleagues to help them become comfortable with new technology.

My older colleagues have helped me immeasurably with the 'more traditional'
aspects of library service, so the least I can do is help them out with
computer issues.  If we're not learning from each other we're wasting some
pretty important resources, don't you think?

Caroline


On 3/27/08, K.G. Schneider <kgs at bluehighways.com> wrote:
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> "Her classic approach included an aversion to technology, her nephew
> said." Um...
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