Irecently received an email from a long-time info pro who was concerned about the viability of her corporate job and asked me for my thoughts on how librarians will use their skills in the future. What I found most interesting was her description of the jobs she thought she was qualified for: taxonomist, records manager, researcher, or librarian. She saw taxonomists getting replaced by Google Search Appliance, records managers suffering the same fate, and researcher and librarian positions going to low-wage countries that offer salaries unacceptable to her.
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