Occupational Outlook Handbook

I’ve read earlier editions of this entry, and similar occupation descriptions. It’s been interesting to see non-library employment getting increasing emphasis over time. In many of our readings this semester, authors are jittery about the future of libraries and librarians in the face of internet-based information sharing. I believe the library as a place will be around for a long, long time. I also believe that librarians will gradually integrate with the rest of the world in ways that are hard to predict. It seems likely that we’ll increasingly bring the library to the patron, as Wiegand suggested.