Oh! What You Do To Me!

Does the internet really make you stupid by lessening your powers of memorization, or is it a helpful tool that allows one to memorize that which is important over that which is trivial? I don't know, and neither do you as you sit staring at this screen. All I know is that everyone at True Archives believes we are facing a generation of dummies, much as writer Mark Bauerlein has suggested. Even if you don't believe that, there is little arguing the impact of the internet on the library profession as it moves quickly to make obsolete traditional librarian skills. Still, the Biblioposer tries to make a place for him/herself in this brave new digital world and insists on a role as a mediator between the user and the information the user scans with increasingly brief comprehension. At the same time, the Biblioposer waxes eloquent about how much he loves books and reading, even while promoting the very tools that erode the practice.