The Greatest Job in the World (not actually extinct)
Thanks to all of you (including an actual librarian) who wrote in to tell me that the research desk DOES still exist, even with information being so readily available these days.
L. Wade (librarian) described it best:
The Greatest Job that Doesn't Exist does, in fact, exist. Public libraries still have people with Masters in Library & Information Science who sit at a desk and answer reference questions. University libraries and federal agency libraries do, too. There may be some special libraries that no longer have a staffed reference desk, and some desks may be consolidated Information/Reference/Circulation desks, but they continue to be staffed by people with MLIS degrees.
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