by Jessica Leggin
Librarians are now expected to go beyond the literacy of books and assist students with new and improved technology when dealing with resources.
Stacey Davis, a librarian for reference services in Booth Library, said the study of library science has seen so much change.
"This is a profession that gets overlooked, but it has a lot to offer to everyone," she said.
Davis said librarians have the same status as professors on campus. "We do the same scholarly activities and research as the professors," she said.
Davis said one of her tasks as a librarian is to constantly change the exhibits in the various display cases.
"Aside from books, I know more than I need to know about kente cloths, Queen Elizabeth and Frankenstein," she said.
Davis said she assists many professors in workshops discussing the many changes that occur on the library's Web site in the different article databases, online catalogs, books and references.