There is a recent trend in recognising that information specialists will be crucial in the future. This is in part why I’m currently studying to become a teacher librarian. This week I was asked to review a few different research databases: boolean searches, setting up accounts, creating folders and sifting through a plethora of information.
Honestly… it sucked!
It was so frustrating and tedious to deal with the idiosyncrasies of each database. Of course, when I worked through the minutia and found what I was looking for it was rewarding.
The it hit me: this is what I’m going to be doing in the future. Helping students curate an abundance of information and I think it will be quite rewarding.
Hug your local librarian; they’ve worked hard in order to better help you!
References- Thanks to the creative commons images via Flickr
Sucking. Mark Probst. Accessed via this link
Hugs. Tony Chang. Accessed via this link