From catalogers to information ninjas?

Here's a thought-provoking summary of a presentation from this year's CLA conference: Goodbye Librarians, Hello Information Ninjas! Many of the ideas address a movement away from tradtional cataloging activities. Some excerpts:

Models that define information roles and information services based on content type distinctions are becoming less relevant – more likely than not, we will begin seeing overlaps and complementary domains developing.

The great challenge of this “digital age” we find ourselves in will be ensuring we do what we do (the collection, preservation and management of information) in a way that ensures it is accessible in the future. No matter its format or content, we are really all about the information at the end of the day – and what’s it worth if we can’t access it?

So what are the biggest foundational pieces of what will be required of our new role as Information Ninja?

• Figuring out the best way to manage and access resources, wherever they are located and in whatever system and format they are stored.
• Moving away from traditional records file and library classification systems and making innovative use of more consumable methods of classification such as metadata and social tagging.
• Focusing on establishing common classification and management practices, applicable to any information resource, across systems and formats.
• Recognizing and building the necessary skills: becoming tech savvy; building knowledge of search; understanding structured and unstructured content; learning about retention and preservation requirements, just to name a few.

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Awesome idea!!!I like this concept of information ninjas very much and I do expect that this becomes very famous in the coming days.The transformation from catalogers to information ninjas improves the collection as well as gathering and gaining information by all sorts of people....

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Moving away from conventional information computer file and selection category systems and making modern use of more usable methods of category such as meta-data and social marking.