I recently read an article entitled So you think you want to be a librarian? , which, despite being very American-orientated, raised a number of few good points about what it is like to work in the information industry. Among those listed include:
– The face that no one outside the information industry has any idea what we do
– The amount of tertiary education required (in the US, you are required to have a Masters. Australia only requires a Bachelors)
– The changing face of libraries, and technology
– The constant “ Aren’t libraries/books obsolete?” questions
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