Comments on: Librarians: Cool or Stressed Out? http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/07/10/librarians-cool-or-stressed-out/ The Library Status Quo Must Go! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:38:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Libraridan http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/07/10/librarians-cool-or-stressed-out/#comment-319 Libraridan Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:09:46 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/07/10/librarians-cool-or-stressed-out/#comment-319 We might as well "just" be trading stereotypes, and for a few reasons. First, we live in a world of soundbytes and stereotypes; digging deeper is just so....old school. Second, I think it is a better stereotype. Third, the old one is decidedly musty and moldy, like all those quaint...um...books...that we are generally associated with. To totally zen the issue - it is both and neither. We are under incredible pressures to keep up and "perform," and to keep up we feel the need to add a veneer of "cool." As Abe the L said, you can't cool all of the people all of the time. We might as well “just” be trading stereotypes, and for a few reasons. First, we live in a world of soundbytes and stereotypes; digging deeper is just so….old school. Second, I think it is a better stereotype. Third, the old one is decidedly musty and moldy, like all those quaint…um…books…that we are generally associated with.

To totally zen the issue - it is both and neither. We are under incredible pressures to keep up and “perform,” and to keep up we feel the need to add a veneer of “cool.”

As Abe the L said, you can’t cool all of the people all of the time.

]]> By: Michael C. Habib http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/07/10/librarians-cool-or-stressed-out/#comment-318 Michael C. Habib Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:00:15 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/07/10/librarians-cool-or-stressed-out/#comment-318 If we suffer the most stress, I should have been a doctor. More money and less stress. What was I thinking. If we suffer the most stress, I should have been a doctor. More money and less stress. What was I thinking.

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