Retraining the Profession, or, Over the Hill at 40

摘要

In a recent conversation with a colleague, the subject of older librarians came up. As an administrator he was concerned about growing resentment toward aging professionals with limited computer skills who were no longer seen as carrying their weight.As he spoke, I pictured an irritating curmudgeon waving his cane threateningly at a nearby PC, an elderly Luddite bypassed by the Information Age. Imagine my shock when, in the next sentence, he made it clear that the geriatric misfits he was referringto were in their 40s and 50s. Wounded to the core (was I a has-been?), I stifled my indignation and allowed him to continue.