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In defense of libraries and librarians

Everyone thinks that search engines like Google can "replace" librarians. Here is a defence of the need for librairies and trained librarians... Read more -->

By Terry Hébert, Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Everyone thinks that search engines like Google can “replace” librarians. Here is a defence of the need for librairies and trained librarians to assist scholars in their research. It also discusses some of the challenges facing modern university libraries. At McGill, I think we are beginning to understand that changes are coming. If we’re going to make them- let’s make them in a way the benefits librarians, students and academics. The new chief librarian at the University of Toronto has some ideas. Read the full article here. 

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I m a professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill University.

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