This sounds like it would make a good roundtable discussion at our 2014 conference. Would anyone want to lead it? Susan Dubin 2014 AJL Conference Chair
From: Kuperman, Aaron Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:45 AM To: 'Andrea Rapp' ; Hasafran Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] A general question Some types of employment will disappear (public and school libraries seem most endangered). Highly specialized libraries will remain. Note that the skill set will evolve. While subject knowledge and good language skills will remain important, librarians are increasingly being the ones who set up and maintain databases and other online resources. If someone was asking me how to become a librarian, I'ld suggest a B.A. in the subject they want to specialize in, minor in related subjects, multiple foreign languages preferably from different language families, and a second major in IT. Generalists with English majors seeking work in school and public libraries probably will have trouble finding employment. Computer savy polyglots with useful majors in law, business and the sciences will still find jobs. Printed books seem to be on their way out, just as scrolls and tablets (the original ones, that you had to bake to make them fixed) disappeared without affecting librarianship (though I am sure there are people who thought the rise of printing and use of vernacular languages was the doom of librarianship). Aaron Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section. This is not an official communication from my employer From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrea Rapp Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:02 AM To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] A general question A young friend about to graduate college feels that librarianship is the perfect profession that suits her interest, needs, and talents. I hesitate to recommend our profession as one with a good future. What do others think? (I am speaking of librarianship in general, not Judaica librarianship). Andrea Rapp Wise Temple, Cincinnati -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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