document: Are we there yet ? : facing the never-ending speed and change of technology in midlife This essay is a personal reflection on entering librarianship in middle age at a time when the profession , like society in general , is experiencing rapidly accelerating change . Much of this change is due to the increased use of computers and information technologies in the library setting . These aids in the production , collection , storage , retrieval , and dissemination of the collective information , knowledge , and sometimes wisdom of the past and the contemporary world can exhilarate or burden depending on one 's worldview , the organization , and the flexibility of the workplace . This writer finds herself working in a library where everyone is expected continually to explore and use new ways of working and providing library service to a campus and a wider community . No time is spent in reflecting on what was , but all efforts are to anticipate and prepare for what will be
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