document: Midlife career choices : how are they different from other career choices ? It was 1963 when Candy Start began working in libraries . Libraries seemed to be a refuge from change , a dependable environment devoted primarily to preservation . She was mistaken . Technological changes in every decade of her experience have affected how and where she used her MLS . Far from a static refuge , libraries have proven to be spaceships loaded with precious cargo hurtling into the unknown . The historian in the author says that perhaps libraries have always been like this . This paper looks at a midlife decision point and the choice that this librarian made to move from a point of lessening productivity and interest to one of increasing challenge and contribution . It is a personal narrative of midlife experience from one librarian 's point of view . Since writing this article , Candy 's career has followed more changes . After selling the WINGS TM system , she has taken her experiences and vision to another library vendor , Gaylord Information Systems , where she serves as a senior product strategist
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