I have attended sessions for most of the program. And undertaken the required exercises, doubtless with varying degrees of success and certainly with varying degrees of interest. I have picked up some useful information along the way (importing images, learning about useful reference tools such as Library Thing etc. etc.)

I would make the following comments. A lot of the people coming into the library are students simply using it for study purposes and a lot of them are already familiar with the technology. I have never been asked about any of this on a reference desk. Similarly, there are a lot of people like myself who take what they need from technology but have no great interest in it for its own sake. There will always be a need for staff who have collection/subject based knowledge working alongside the young (and not so young) guns who are right into the technology. The very nature of this institution, with the unique collections it holds, means we will always attract users wanting staff expertise in these areas. Technology is not a substitute for lack of collection knowledge.