Are We There Yet? Facing the Never-Ending Speed and Change of Technology in Midlife.

Scarth, Linda Loos

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Publication Date: 2002

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Are We There Yet? Facing the Never-Ending Speed and Change of Technology in Midlife.

Scarth, Linda Loos

Library Trends, v50 n4 p681-86 Spr 2002

This essay is a personal reflection on entering librarianship in middle age at a time when the profession is experiencing rapidly accelerating change due to the increased use of computers and information technologies. Discusses the consumer society and information needs; the need to teach the information process; and professionalism. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Career Change, Decision Making, Information Literacy, Information Needs, Information Technology, Midlife Transitions, Personal Narratives, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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