Someone sent this link around to the lib school mailing list:
The Best Jobs to Have in 2006
By Marty Nemko
U.S. News & World Report
Librarian. This is an underrated career. Most librarians enjoy helping patrons dig up information. They learn in the process and keep up to date on the latest books and online resources. The need for librarians, unfortunately, may decline because search engines make it easy for patrons to find information without a librarian's help. The job growth for librarians will be in nontraditional settings: corporations, nonprofit organizations, and consulting firms.
And actually it's the only one on the list that I'd want to have (well, maybe professor) so I'm very excited to have it!
Posted by Emily at January 11, 2006 12:02 PMWell, the article listing did fall for the ever popular image of us being replaced by search engines, but other than that, not bad. It is still a best job to have.
Posted by: Angel at January 11, 2006 01:50 PM"search engines make it easy for patrons to find info without a librarian's help"
HA. I've seen some people's attempts at using search engines.