Finding Our Voices in an Internet World

Although it might change, at this point search engines and electronic information do a very poor job of sensing the end user's specific context.

BY STEPHEN ABRAM

We're still hearing that hackneyed old comment, "Almost everything's available on the Web now, so exactly why do we need librarians?" It's coming from all quarters, especially in these financially tumultuous times. It's time to assemble some quick ways to respond to comments like that.

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