NextGen Librarian wanted
Thu 19 Jan 2006, 1:25 pm
Dave’s Blog links to an interesting job ad from Wayne State University: Next Generation Librarian
This looks like a job with a lot of cool, fun responsibilities. One would hope that the institution is ready to implement what this person is likely to recommend. Given what Jeff Trzeciak, Associate Dean at Wayne State University, says in his comment on Dave’s post, I’d guess that they are.
I don’t know about that job title, though. I don’t know that I would want “Next Generation Librarian” on my business card. If you didn’t look like Cory Doctorow or Xeni Jardin, people would be disappointed. I don’t know if I’d want to be a 60 year-old “NextGen Librarian” in the year 2030. Maybe “Technology Innovation Librarian?”
And the person that gets this job? Needs to blog it.
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True. It also brings to mind the fact that some tech-savvy may not actually be in the “nextgen” demographic, and may be insulted by the implication. Although the job does sound intriguing (personally, I’d love a tablet laptop).
Comment by Ayanna — January 27, 2006 @ 4:55 pm
Greetings, Steve!
I just thought I’d respond to this post as well! The “NextGen” title shouldn’t be confused with “NexGen”. We made a decision to post as “NextGen” because we always want the individual to be thinking about the next generation of technologies. We originally thought “NexGen” but thought that it was too focused on a demographic. So, we are thinking long term.
Besides….part of the title was to get people talking about these types of services/resources. We wanted to “create a buzz”. Obviously, we accomplished that!
Comment by Jeff Trzeciak — February 4, 2006 @ 6:29 pm
Thanks for your comment, Jeff. I admit that the distinction between “NexGen” and “NextGen” was lost on me (I don’t think I’d ever noticed that the mailing list didn’t have the “t”).
But, yes, I guess you do have a bit of a buzz, and I hope that it has brought you a lot of great applicants. It’s not too late for you to add “shares daily experiences of the job on a blog” to the “essential duties” is it?
Comment by Steve Lawson — February 5, 2006 @ 7:51 am