Lightning rod or seismograph? The acid test for librarians

Derek Law

Lightning rod or seismograph? The acid test for librarians

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Abstract

Contends that librarians can shape their future rather than just record and manage what has already happened. The author believes that we must work to persuade our organisations that we are producers and not just consumers of information and that in making that argument we will assert that our professional skills, although in need of review and re-presentation, remain of critical value to the development of an information society. This is as true of digital libraries as paper libraries.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Electronic Information Resources in the Caribbean
Subtitle of host publication	Trends and Issues: Proceedings of the ACURIL XXXIV conference held in Trinidad and Tobago, May 23-29, 2004
Editors	Shamin Renwick, Jaishree Kochar
Place of Publication	St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Pages	3-7
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2005
Event	ACURIL XXXIV Conference 2004 - , Trinidad and Tobago Duration: 23 May 2004 → 29 May 2004

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Conference	ACURIL XXXIV Conference 2004
Country/Territory	Trinidad and Tobago
Period	23/05/04 → 29/05/04

Keywords

librarianship
libraries
library skills training

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Lightning rod or seismograph? The acid test for librarians. / Law, Derek.
Electronic Information Resources in the Caribbean: Trends and Issues: Proceedings of the ACURIL XXXIV conference held in Trinidad and Tobago, May 23-29, 2004. ed. / Shamin Renwick; Jaishree Kochar. St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, 2005. p. 3-7.

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Lightning rod or seismograph? The acid test for librarians

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