Thursday, January 30, 2014

Private Libraries

Once upon a time before capitalism distorted the USA market and fed vast riches into single hands, communities of all sorts opened private libraries.  Some of these still exist, although Carnegie wiped many out with his "free" public libraries.

Now comes a verdict on librarian as a job:
Now, the local library is online, shoes and shirts are no longer required and we can use our "outdoor voice" indoors if we are so inspired. Will the decibel diva's future 
I don't think so.  The only change is "librarian is no longer a minimum wage job, it can be a quarter million a year gig."

The business records and financial statements of that library are public record, so librarians ought to think about opening private libraries again.  Back to the future.

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