Author:
Marilyn Johnson
Stars:
3
Review by: MandyApgar
I am giving this a 3 as, although I would like to rate it lower,
it is noble in principle. A defense of our blessed librarians, (get it
now? "overdue?" yes, that's the extent of humor here) especially a
defense of their importance in today's digital age. The author is very
sincere and has an excellent approach, but her point falls a bit wide.
Many positions are fraught with internal conflict from outside
technology, just not that of librarian. Lots of people are in danger of
losing jobs to being considered irrelevant, and so some of her points
fall a bit wide. I thought it quite odd too that a lot of her
recommended blogs and websites were defunct even before the book was
printed - kind of ironic granted her stance on having to change with the
science. Showing that librarians are information professionals,
computer scientists, is a novel way to approach things, but she just
doesn't hit it right. Too many stereotypes harped on time and again,
goes out of her way to find "renegade" members to bolster a certain
claim, and just plain dull sometimes.
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