I've been reading some of my favorite library blogs with interest this month. Seeing what the trends are, what people can come up with day in day out blogging. It's interesting and reassuring.
I've been working in a special library on my own since February. So reading these blogs feels like I have a network of colleagues at my finger tips and much less alone. That said, I love where I work and the opportunities it presents.
However, I'm not new to this profession, I've been working in libraries .... for over 20 years. I've done a couple of stints in a public library but for the most part I've worked in special libraries. For the last year and half I've returned to study and I'm doing a Bachelors of Information Studies via distance thru Charles Sturt. It's great. Distance ed. has changed and improved SO much since I last studied. It has got me excited again. Excited about libraries and the technologies that are so much a part of libraries now.
That said, I had a mini light bulb moment yesterday. Walking past a bookshop I noticed their latest bestsellers on display. One of the authors caught my eye and without hesitation I though "I must download that on to my eReader when I get home". Yikes!! Without a moments hesitation. Not "must reserve that at the library", not "must pop in and read the blurb and consider a purchase". In fact I had my eReader and iPad with me in my backpack. I didn't even need to wait till I got home!
This is how most people think. It's immediate, most have the technology and they want it now. They want their information instantly. I thought I knew this but I think maybe now I get it.
