Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, North Dakota has made headlines in the LIS world for its recent decision to shutter its publicly accessible library and replace it with an electronic library only accessible to individuals associated with the hospital itself.
The decision to close the library required the laying off of the librarian and the library’s volunteer staff. By all accounts those working at the library will continue to have the same access to resources electronically as they once did in the physical library space. What the library’s clients will not have in future is access to the research skills of a librarian. Many people, even highly educated ones, lack the skills necessary to find the precise information that they need in a timely manner. We have all had this experience as novice searchers: we look for information on our topic only to find that either we have found 23,476 articles mostly of little relevance or alternatively we get zero. In either case we came out frustrated and often without what we needed. Now, certainly this is a problem for a second year English term paper. But what about a medical doctor wanting to know the latest methods for treating a heart patient with complications arising from advanced diabetes? The one ancient article they found from November 2005 might not cut it. Similarly the hour they spent searching for it could have been better spent treating patients, resting or even golfing rather than in frustration.
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I believe it is imperative on librarians, no matter how busy we are doing what we are employed to do, to take time aside to prove our specific library’s value to the institution. What would happen if we disappear? Especially since there are reports out there showing how specific institutional environments benefit from libraries and librarians. We must always remember that we have to prove our worth, not only to those who benefit directly from our vocation but also those, such as share holders and directors, who benefit indirectly in very tangible and measureable ways. It is necessary to speak their language and to be heard.