Showing posts with label librarians fear "irrelevance". Show all posts
Showing posts with label librarians fear "irrelevance". Show all posts

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Book weeding, changes stir debate at Central Library; BuffaloNews.com, 1/21/11

Mark Sommer, BuffaloNews.com; Book weeding, changes stir debate at Central Library:

"Other librarian concerns, Galvin said, include:

• Librarians are being moved out of their area of expertise without consultation.

• Librarians fear being driven into “irrelevance” to save costs.

• Centralizing collection development responsibilities will diminish a primary librarian responsibility.

• Librarians have not been consulted on management changes. They say consultation, though not contractually required, could improve morale."