Mayflower: Ode to New Beginnings —A New Column for New Times with a Positive Mission

摘要

Column Editor's Note: Welcome to this new column on positive strategies for library futures! This column is a call for librarians to stop internalizing negative pronouncements purporting to prove libraries 'trending toward irrelevant skillsets, obsolescence, and demise. This column offers a positive counter-voice in pursuit of a dignified self-image for the library profession, which, after all, has been a superb steward and community connector.