Librarians can access databases, and create databases. Digital Librarian , is a good example of using our traditional skills to create new library services. Whatever the choice of access, the public library and public librarian are there to provide this service. To be a public librarian is to commit to a profession requiring continuing education, a level of comfort with ambiguity and above all the firm belief in the importance of equal information access for all. As the twenty-first century public grows and changes at the speed of light, so too will the public librarian.
Public librarians reflect the communities the library serves.
Take a look at an interesting article, future shock , to see innovative ways public libraries are responding to the needs of their communities. Public libraries are making all the benefits of the new technologies available, and fulfilling their mission to allow equal access to everyone. Librarians dedicate themselves to maintaining the professional standards a very old profession has always used. Knowledge is power, and public librarians provide empowerment with equal access to information. Public librarians validate public libraries by reaching back into past traditions of service, and keeping these services forward looking.