December 12, 2008

Best Career Choice 2009: Librarian

U.S. News & World Reports has named Librarians as Best Career Choice: 2009. 

Forget about that image of librarians as a mousy bookworms. More and more of today's librarians must be clever interrogators, helping the patron to reframe their question more usefully. Librarians then become high-tech information sleuths, helping patrons plumb the oceans of information available in books and digital records, often starting with a clever Google search but frequently going well beyond.

Who knew, huh?

Read the entire article here.  Enjoy!

Dec 12, 2008 4:30:37 PM | Articles

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