At work, I spend my time identifying changes to the information landscape and how they will impact on librarianship.<\/p>\n
This afternoon while I waited for Mr4 at swimming lessons, I still managed to be stunned by a casual conversation with another couple of mums. It really brought home to me how much information is available to the average person, and how savvy they are becoming.<\/p>\n
I don’t think mummy-chat in the 1980s was like this.<\/p>\n
Mum 1: What’s that in your bag?<\/p>\n
Mum 2: Oh, it’s just a CD of “The History of the Whole World”, they are giving them away with the Sunday Paper.<\/p>\n
Mum1: Oh yes.<\/p>\n
Mum 2: I’ve been picking it up in the supermarket when I get the paper, but I’m not really sure why…<\/p>\n
Mum 1: Oh?<\/p>\n
Mum 2: Yeah. It says here that it’s for over 9’s and my two are under five. By the time they are that old, it will all be out of date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In case you didn’t pick it up – it was the history of the entire freakin’ world….with a Sunday Paper…..full multimedia….but rejected because it would be out of date within 4 years.<\/p>\n
I think Mum2 made the right call, but did anyone else grow up in a household where your parents carefully paid the monthly account so they could provide you with a set of World Book Encyclopedia or Encyclopedia Britannica to last your entire school years?<\/p>\n
(Changing the topic totally…I’ve been translated. If you visit this link, Razones buenas (y malas) para estar en Second Life<\/a>, you’ll see the Spanish version of my Ten Very Good Reasons Why Your Librarians should be in Second Life<\/a> and Six Very Bad Reasons to have a Library Branch in Second Life<\/a>. Thanks Mixolidius<\/a>. I know, I should be cool about it… pretend it happens every day….)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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