Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Blog Post #2

     I think that librarians assist people with finding sources they need for whatever particular assignment or project they are working on. I also think that they keep the library organized. The library is usually clean and kept in order because of the librarians. They make sure it is quite while others are working. When you are not even sure of what kind of source you will need for a certain homework assignment, they will assist you with that also. Without them, people would just go in and do what they please. It would be really awesome if librarians sent books to our houses so that people who live really far from the library can save gas if they drive or money if they take the bus. I could see librarians sending books out to our houses in the future so that we don’t have to go to the library. They could even start their own mailing company and create a system that could keep track of the books that are being checked out. Librarians might even wear high tech glasses. When we ask them a question and just in case they need to look it up, they got it right in before their eyes. Their glasses will be so high tech, that when we do ask the question, their glasses will pick up on our words and look it up right away. There will be less long lines of impatient library customers.  If this really ends up happening in the future, I want to see it.
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  1. Melissa DeSantisJune 29, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    You are definitely correct that librarians assist people with finding information.

    Some libraries do send books to people's houses. This is usually the case in very rural areas where there is no nearby public library, or for students enrolled in distance education programs where they attend classes online at a school in another city or state. The move to electronic format for books and journals is making this less of an issue because people can get the article or book they need online.

    I definitely want to get some of those high tech glasses you described! And although they aren't available yet, I know that some libraries take technology into the stacks (such as smartphones or iPads) so they can assist users without making them come to the desk to ask for help.

    Melissa De Santis, MLIS
    Deputy Director
    Health Sciences Library
    Univ of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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