http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/08/19/librarians-accused-of-creating-cul
ture-of-flashy-buzzwords-to-make-their-jobs-seem-more-glamorous/
"Librarians accused of creating culture of flashy buzzwords to make
their jobs seem more glamorous
The library world has been rocked by allegations that staff have been
creating a culture of jargon and buzzwords in order to try and make
their jobs appear more glamorous, after librarians started rebranding
themselves as 'Data Managers', 'Resource Facilitators' and 'Information
Technologists'.
Critics claim that this trend could lead to many students abandoning
plans to go into highly paid careers in favour of the less well paid
world of librarianship, citing the example of 'Michael', a would-be law
student who instead opted for 'Information Management and Metadata
Enrichment' when flicking through a university prospectus.
'All my life I have wanted to become a barrister, but then I found out I
could learn how to enrich metadata, create taxonomies and facilitate the
data transfer process I realised I'd be a fool not to get myself
upstream in the digital future! This book is two days overdue; that'll
be thirty-four pence please.'
"
Nicky Smith
Reference Librarian,
Marylebone Information Service,
97-113 Marylebone Road
NW1 5PS
Tel: 020 7641 1031
Fax: 020 7641 1028
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