Librarians + Beer = Discussion

We had a fun new initiative at our professional assn. at work -- started by, ahem, me, amongst others -- we are doing a librarians' discussion group where we meet maybe once a month, have a pint, and talk about trends in 'information' (where it doesn't have to be anchored to our work functions, hence no one can say, yeah but I don't want to change my job...). We thought it would help us think bigger.

So this time around, we talked about research space and what changes in a mostly digital environment. It was very interesting -- everything from the layout of a library to whether people feel the same sense of 'immersion' when they are faced by a million+ google hits (do they even see what's beyond the first page?) compared to being surrounded by stacks and stacks of books.

All I know is that when I went to library school and felt stressed about the amount of work I had, I would go into the PS 8000s to calm myself down. It worked.