The Crazy Librarian

Watching the Peter Morville conversation on Michigan Innovators really made me think. Especially when he said "information that is hard to find will remain information that is hardly found." I always thought of librarians as old women that didn't have anything better to do other than spend their days at the library renting out books and re-filing returned books, but I honestly have a new outlook on them. The way information is filed is indeed very important and someone has to do it. I personally have also noticed a change in the way libraries are accessed. I can remember having to write a report on something and going to read articles and periodicals at my local library. Now I'm here at EMU and if I need to write a paper or get information for my own personal use I can hop on the internet and access Halle Library's infinite amount of articles and databases at any time. It is so convenient I couldn't imagine actually going to the library ever again unless I needed to check out a book.