Internet Librarians Own the Future

摘要

One of the few things I have believed and said since the day I landed this dream job is that the future should belong to librarians and journalists, I reasoned that in the information age, the people who know how to sort through and find the best information and the people who know how to weave information into stones would be the winners. Yet, it's hard to think of two other professions that feel more besieged by the change ushered in by new communications technologies. Nevertheless, I'm going to try to make the case that the things you have learned, the things you do each day, and the knowledge and principles your profession embodies have never been more needed. First, let me walk through some history to see how we got to where we are.