How much do I love Barbara Fister? A WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE LOT, that's how much. - D0r0th34 from Bookmarklet

... and I swear I posted this before realizing she'd linked to Roach Motel. - D0r0th34

aw, shucks - barbara fister

I give this article a most hearty LIKE - Fiona Bradley

Love this. (Also, a very nice counterpoint to this conversation: http://friendfeed.com/offthem...) - Catherine Pellegrino

*love love love* Way to go, Double Agent Fister! - laura x

Catherine, could you please provide some idea of how this serves as a counterpoint to my (and others) not caring so much for the Library 101 video? Because, honestly, I see absolutely no relationship at all from one to the other. Thanks. Signed, Flummoxed. - Mar₭ Liŋdŋer

Okay, it's a little fuzzy in my mind, but here's an attempt. This, from the conclusion to Barbara's piece: "...we have come to realize that libraries will endure. Our professional roles will change, our relationship to our users and to the information they seek will evolve, but there is still a demand for high quality information and for assistance in learning how to make good choices. Creating, curating, and publishing are likely to start blending in interesting new ways. The value of what we do will still be there. ... Isn't that what libraries have always been about?" And this, from Cecily's comment in the Library 101 thread: "most of the librarians I know ... already have these skills. ...it seemed so obvious that in today's library - and tomorrow's - these skills should be commonplace. In my experience, it's not necessarily the tech skills (or passion) that is lacking, it's leadership that is falling short." I guess it's the contrast/confluence of "libraries must change or die!" with "libraries will endure, but what exactly we do needs to change and keep pace with the information landscape." Or maybe I'm just hopped up on cold medication and not thinking clearly: ALWAYS a possibility. - Catherine Pellegrino

Thank you. If I read that correctly then I have no disagreement with you as to what you say. I'm still a bit confused about it as a "counterpoint" but maybe you mean that more as a sort of corrective or addition to, which I think parses better for me. I was reading "counterpoint" more as argument against. My bad. Hope you feel better soon! I was sick all of last week and it's no fun! - Mar₭ Liŋdŋer

Mark: "counterpoint" was undoubtedly a poor word choice. Thanks for asking me to clarify my thinking, though - that's always a useful exercise. - Catherine Pellegrino