ABC News Shuttering In-House Library in Favor of “Digital Research Facility”
The June 4, 2009 issue of The New York Observe has an article called ABC News Shuttering In-House Library in Favor of ‘Digital Research Facility’; Looking To Donate Print Materials:
“Today, yet another bricks-and-mortar media bibliothèque fell victim to the digital age.”
“This afternoon, in an email to his staff, David Westin, the president of ABC News, announced that ABC News will be converting its existing research library on the second floor of its 47th street building into a smaller, more cyber-focused “Digital Research Facility.”
“You will continue to receive the same exceptional service as you have in the past,” he added. “But we’re developing, with an outside research consultant, a state of the art research system tailored to our particular needs. When this new system is completed, you will be able to get the information you need and conduct your own searches from your desktop.”
Mr. Westin went on to inform his newsroom that the changes will result in a “reduced staff” but that some of the current library staff would be staying on through the transition and “perhaps beyond.”
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The Paper Cuts newspaper website reports that 10,025+ jobs have been lost in 2009.
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Even this furry creature from a popular children’s television show received a pink slip!
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