Comments on: Gen-Gen http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-183 Anonymous Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:18:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46#comment-183 Rachel<br/><br/>You gave me a good laugh.<br/><br/>I am in my mid 40s and I get lost when the network goes down as you get to depend on it so much for the electronic resources, the OPAC and so on. I have learnt my way around library systems by having to deal with the stupid things.<br/> So I think it is partly age partly attitude that causes the generational divide. Rachel

You gave me a good laugh.

I am in my mid 40s and I get lost when the network goes down as you get to depend on it so much for the electronic resources, the OPAC and so on. I have learnt my way around library systems by having to deal with the stupid things.
So I think it is partly age partly attitude that causes the generational divide.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-182 Rachel Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:42:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46#comment-182 Hi Ted - I should have said, I leave IM on a couple of hours per day while I'm working on the PC.... sometimes during that time I IM no one, sometimes I have conversations with several people, depending who's on and what needs talking about. Hi Ted – I should have said, I leave IM on a couple of hours per day while I’m working on the PC…. sometimes during that time I IM no one, sometimes I have conversations with several people, depending who’s on and what needs talking about.

]]> By: Ted http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-181 Ted Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46#comment-181 two hours a day iMing. Ever hear of birds and trees and walking in the rain. I may or may not be a luddite -- haven't decided yet -- but I hate the disconnect with reality. A virtual life is no life at all two hours a day iMing. Ever hear of birds and trees and walking in the rain. I may or may not be a luddite — haven’t decided yet — but I hate the disconnect with reality. A virtual life is no life at all

]]> By: Rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-180 Rachel Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:17:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46#comment-180 Marcy: Yes, we do have VHS but I don't think he differentiates it from DVDs yet... I think that you stand out in making the effort to create that mix and keep those positives. Marcy: Yes, we do have VHS but I don’t think he differentiates it from DVDs yet… I think that you stand out in making the effort to create that mix and keep those positives.

]]> By: Bob Watson http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-179 Bob Watson Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46#comment-179 My 12 year old is running about the neighborhood, convincing folks to let him convert their old LPs (shoveled into basements seamingly) to CDs. He embraces both. :-)<br/><br/>Really, though, I think much of the "library generation" problem here isn't so much theory (or ideology?) as it is "new tech" versus "old tech." Even the card catalog was a technology. Some folks make the change more easily than others; others hold on for what -- in the longer term -- may turn out to be good reasons. My 12 year old is running about the neighborhood, convincing folks to let him convert their old LPs (shoveled into basements seamingly) to CDs. He embraces both. :-)

Really, though, I think much of the “library generation” problem here isn’t so much theory (or ideology?) as it is “new tech” versus “old tech.” Even the card catalog was a technology. Some folks make the change more easily than others; others hold on for what — in the longer term — may turn out to be good reasons.

]]> By: Marcy Brown http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-178 Marcy Brown Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=46#comment-178 I have a six-year old, but interestingly we have just enough of a mix of "old" and "new" at home that he understands things that others his age may not. We have both VHS and DVD players; cassettes and CDs; sometimes we make popcorn in the microwave but sometimes on the stove in our oil-based spinner popper. We never record shows for him, so he must watch them when they're on. And while digital pics are becoming more frequent, every month or so I'll buy him a disposable 35mm so he knows the anticipation of taking his own pictures and waiting for film to be developed.<br/><br/>This (I think lovely) mix of old and new points to the need to never completely abandon things that work, and work wonderfully, just because they're part of the past. I think stovetop, oil-popped popcorn tastes 110% better anyway, so you'll never get me to give it up. I feel that way about many aspects of "old" librarianship, too. I have a six-year old, but interestingly we have just enough of a mix of “old” and “new” at home that he understands things that others his age may not. We have both VHS and DVD players; cassettes and CDs; sometimes we make popcorn in the microwave but sometimes on the stove in our oil-based spinner popper. We never record shows for him, so he must watch them when they’re on. And while digital pics are becoming more frequent, every month or so I’ll buy him a disposable 35mm so he knows the anticipation of taking his own pictures and waiting for film to be developed.

This (I think lovely) mix of old and new points to the need to never completely abandon things that work, and work wonderfully, just because they’re part of the past. I think stovetop, oil-popped popcorn tastes 110% better anyway, so you’ll never get me to give it up. I feel that way about many aspects of “old” librarianship, too.

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