Often times, technology is the one driving force behind research and applications in our profession. It also does wonders to the terminology in our field. By professionalism I mean enthusiasm, involvement and proactivism. From the perspective of my job, I believe that we must instill more creativity, flexibility and outreach attitude among workers in our profession. Before computers, libraries were unique places with unique functions to serve the public.
Libraries are no longer the only place for information access.
The only way to ensure the bright and successful future for our profession is to change the attitude of preservation and ownership to the attitude of proactive client-centered information design. I could go on for a few hours, but thought this will do for your survey for now. Let me know if you have any more questions. I got the sense that you are still an undergraduate contemplating an MLIS degree program. It is a good program, and there are some wonderful people on the faculty there.