Watch Repairer, Taxi Driver, Librarian: How threatened are our jobs in the digital age?
Abstract
For 702 different jobs, the Oxford researchers Frey and Osborne examined the degree of susceptibility to computerisation. With a probability of 65%, the occupation “librarian” was calculated as quite good computerisable (1). How does this translates into the reality of our daily work? Do we now all have to be anxious for our jobs? Fearing that our jobs will get lost? That libraries get extinct?
References
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http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf
2. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Famous Books - Treasures of the Bavarian State Library [Internet]. 2012
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Libraries 10(4):24-25 (2014)
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of a Science Librarian 2012 Aug 29 [cited 2015 Aug 30] Available from
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[Internet]. 2013 Sep 17 [cited 2015 Aug 30] Available from:
http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf
2. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Famous Books - Treasures of the Bavarian State Library [Internet]. 2012
Jun 25 [cited 2015 Aug 30] Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/famous-books-treasuresbavarian/id380668385
3. Obst O. The Librarian of the Future. Journal of the European Association for Health Information and
Libraries 10(4):24-25 (2014)
4. Lemire D. Commentary to John Duouis: An Open Access thought experiment. [Internet] Confessions
of a Science Librarian 2012 Aug 29 [cited 2015 Aug 30] Available from
http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2012/08/28/an-open-access-thought-experiment/#comment-1920
5. Mims C. How the internet is making us poor. Quartz 2013 Mar 3 [Cited 2015 Aug 30] Available from:
http://qz.com/67323/how-the-internet-made-us-poor/
Published
2016-03-11
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Obst O. Watch Repairer, Taxi Driver, Librarian: How threatened are our jobs in the digital age?. JEAHIL [Internet]. 11Mar.2016 [cited 27Apr.2024];11(3). Available from: http://ojs.eahil.eu/ojs/index.php/JEAHIL/article/view/76
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