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Finding Our Voices in an Internet World

By Abram, Stephen
Publication: Information Outlook
Date: Monday, December 1 2008

HEADNOTE

Although it might change, at this point search engines and electronic information do a very poor job of sensing the end user's specific context.

We're still hearing that hackneyed old comment, "Almost everything's available on the Web now, so

exactly why do we need librarians?" It's coming from all quarters, especially in these financially tumultuous times. It's time to assemble some quick ways to respond to comments like that.

Make no mistake. It's not an option to leave these challenges unaddressed, whether they're explicitly spoken or just lay there as assumptions in conversations. If we don't respond, we put our organizations at risk. We have a professional duty to educate and inform our world about the role of librarians and information professionals.

So, here's a modest attempt to develop a few strategies for talking to key folks in our world who may try to hurt our organizations and the society at large because they haven't thought through the real-world issues of the Internet. Principally, the Internet:

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