Following up on my last post, here’s a more reasonable (and favorable) occupational outlook analysis in a law.com article entitled Library Economics 101:

“Staff costs include permanent staff, contractors and temporary help that may be called on through the year to assist with particular projects. Although some predicted that desktop access to information would eliminate the need for library staff, just the opposite has proved true. Educated, trained, and experienced staff members are needed more than ever to review and choose electronic products, train users, select content and update intranets, enter and manipulate data in library software, provide sophisticated research services, and handle the many other tasks necessary to operate a high-tech library.”

Link courtesy of ResourceShelf.