[Libs-Or] FW: USA Today article 12/28/17 about libraries

[MaryKay Dahlgreen]

I understand that libs-or was down on Friday so I am resending this message.
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From: MaryKay Dahlgreen
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 10:07 AM
To: 'libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us' <libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: FW: [Libs-Or] USA Today article 12/28/17 about libraries

Thanks to Diedre for sharing this response to the 12/28/17 article in USA Today.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/05/reports-libraries-demise-based-flawed-jobs-data-are-greatly-exaggerated?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=db1d03ed99-DNU20180105&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-db1d03ed99-197801993&mc_cid=db1d03ed99&mc_eid=192531da59

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From: Diedre Conkling [mailto:diedre08 at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 10:03 AM
To: MaryKay Dahlgreen <MaryKayDahlgreen at oslmail.osl.state.or.us<mailto:MaryKayDahlgreen at oslmail.osl.state.or.us>>
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] USA Today article 12/28/17 about libraries

Did you see that the article has now been corrected?  Here is the information:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/05/reports-libraries-demise-based-flawed-jobs-data-are-greatly-exaggerated?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=db1d03ed99-DNU20180105&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-db1d03ed99-197801993&mc_cid=db1d03ed99&mc_eid=192531da59


On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 2:37 PM MaryKay Dahlgreen <marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us<mailto:marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us>> wrote:
Apparently there was an article published in USA Today on 12/28/17 titled 25 dying industries that included library employment and claiming that employment in libraries has dropped by 80% between 2007 and 2016. I received the attached information today that refutes those claims and thought you might be interested in case someone approaches you with the USA Today article.  Keith Curry Lance who compiled the refutation was director of the Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library for many years.

MaryKay

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