What Is a Shifted Librarian? What Is a Shifted Librarian?
So I call myself "The Shifted Librarian," but what does that mean? I took the name from a presentation that I do called "Information Shifting" about how the change from pursuing information to receiving information is and will be affecting libraries.
You can see the presentation at http://www.sls.lib.il.us/infotech/presentations/shifting/index.htm, but please note that it's a bit disorganized and it desperately needs to be updated. Rest assured it's on the to-do list. In fact, I'll be posting to this blog many of the ideas and trends I will be adding to the presentation.
So back to the definition of information shifting. It comes from a New York Times article that discussed the history of consumer fair use and the entertainment industry's efforts to regulate use of VCRs and MP3 players. It referred to the 1984 Supreme Court decision in favor of VCRs in which the judges declared that these devices were okay because consumers were using them to "time shift." In other words, to record shows to watch them at their convenience.