Comments on: New job descriptions for libraries http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2006/12/29/new-job-descriptions-for-libraries/ It is and we do. Musing, enthusing, libraries, emerging technologies, balancing, being mum. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:43:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2006/12/29/new-job-descriptions-for-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Kathryn Greenhill Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:37:56 +0000 #comment-156 Happy New Year to you too, Michael. Maybe we could add that one into the job description for those Librarian2.0 positions "Must dream - big, often and outrageously". Works for me. Happy New Year to you too, Michael.

Maybe we could add that one into the job description for those Librarian2.0 positions “Must dream – big, often and outrageously”. Works for me.

]]> By: Michael Stephens http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2006/12/29/new-job-descriptions-for-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Michael Stephens Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:22:46 +0000 #comment-155 I always tell librarians to "Never top dreaming!" And you are oh so right - the day when those jobs are a part of many library org charts will be wonderful. Happy New Year. I always tell librarians to “Never top dreaming!” And you are oh so right – the day when those jobs are a part of many library org charts will be wonderful. Happy New Year.

]]> By: Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2006/12/29/new-job-descriptions-for-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Kathryn Greenhill Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:44:23 +0000 #comment-151 Thanks Laura. I got it wrong. I should read more carefully next time. I think I was wanting it to be true, just like a kid at Christmas. I guess I would have also been outraged about the Irish eating their babies when Johnathon Swift published "A Modest Proposal". :) I am sorry to have misquoted your piece - that was just sloppy on my part, and showed my lack of careful reading and digesting. It would really annoy me if someone did that with one of my blog posts. So I guess I won't be flying over from Australia to work as your Exploration and Training Librarian : ) Oh well, back to dreaming... but won't it be a great day when libraries do have job descriptions like you outlined? Thanks Laura. I got it wrong. I should read more carefully next time.

I think I was wanting it to be true, just like a kid at Christmas. I guess I would have also been outraged about the Irish eating their babies when Johnathon Swift published “A Modest Proposal”. :)

I am sorry to have misquoted your piece – that was just sloppy on my part, and showed my lack of careful reading and digesting. It would really annoy me if someone did that with one of my blog posts.

So I guess I won’t be flying over from Australia to work as your Exploration and Training Librarian : )

Oh well, back to dreaming… but won’t it be a great day when libraries do have job descriptions like you outlined?

]]> By: Laura Cohen http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2006/12/29/new-job-descriptions-for-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Laura Cohen Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:48:47 +0000 #comment-149 Please note that we didn't actually get funding for these positions. My entry was somewhat tongue-and-cheeck. My goal was to imagine what we might do if we got this kind of funding. FWIW, your list left out Digitization Librarian, which would bring the list to ten. I wrote, "We had hoped to save one position for a future need that we couldn't quite anticipate today but would wish we could hire for as soon as we realized it. However, our current needs were too pressing due to the pace of change." So in my fanciful world, we're hiring for all ten positions at once. Alas, there is no Santa Claus, including one for libraries. Please note that we didn’t actually get funding for these positions. My entry was somewhat tongue-and-cheeck. My goal was to imagine what we might do if we got this kind of funding.

FWIW, your list left out Digitization Librarian, which would bring the list to ten. I wrote, “We had hoped to save one position for a future need that we couldn’t quite anticipate today but would wish we could hire for as soon as we realized it. However, our current needs were too pressing due to the pace of change.” So in my fanciful world, we’re hiring for all ten positions at once.

Alas, there is no Santa Claus, including one for libraries.

]]> By: Peta http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2006/12/29/new-job-descriptions-for-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Peta Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:55:00 +0000 #comment-132 John Smith, Etienne Wenger and Nancy White have been <a href="http://www.learningalliances.net/index.php/2006-12-15/definition-of-technology-steward">discussing "technology stewards"</a>. Their definition reminds me of what I'm expected to do in my role as systems librarian, but it also resonates with some of these interesting positions you have described. My community just happens to be a group of library folk. John Smith, Etienne Wenger and Nancy White have been discussing “technology stewards”. Their definition reminds me of what I’m expected to do in my role as systems librarian, but it also resonates with some of these interesting positions you have described. My community just happens to be a group of library folk.

]]> By: Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2006/12/29/new-job-descriptions-for-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Kathryn Greenhill Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:24:00 +0000 #comment-133 Thanks anon. <br /><br />Well, you're closer in time and place to where it's happening. :) Unless the Library Santa Claus visits Western Australia, I think these exclusively new tech types of positions are at least 3 years away for me.<br /><br />And...if you're taking on user centred changes and reading/using blogs, I reckon you're already a Librarian 2.0. Your school just doesn't know the asset they have yet. Thanks anon.

Well, you’re closer in time and place to where it’s happening. :) Unless the Library Santa Claus visits Western Australia, I think these exclusively new tech types of positions are at least 3 years away for me.

And…if you’re taking on user centred changes and reading/using blogs, I reckon you’re already a Librarian 2.0. Your school just doesn’t know the asset they have yet.

]]> By: Anonymous http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2006/12/29/new-job-descriptions-for-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Anonymous Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:18:00 +0000 #comment-134 I'm reading your blog on the future of Library positions over here in yesterday Dec 29, 06 NA<br /><br />I'd love to have any of those librarian 2.0 jobs, instead of being mr rogers to a primary school, where they want me to do technology also and i'm stuck with a few out of date machines.<br /><br />KEEP up the good work! I’m reading your blog on the future of Library positions over here in yesterday Dec 29, 06 NA

I’d love to have any of those librarian 2.0 jobs, instead of being mr rogers to a primary school, where they want me to do technology also and i’m stuck with a few out of date machines.

KEEP up the good work!

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