THE RESEARCH LIBRARIANS OUT OF WORK? 1806 PAGES OF RESEARCH WORK NOT MAKING USE OF THE LIBRARIAN

The famous journalists and author like Jack London, Ernest Hemingway and Stig Larsson
did it all: Worn themselves out working. Dedicated men. A lot of courage and knowledge about the society. Men I admire. After having finished reading the last book of the Millenium trilogy written by Stig Larsson - The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest - I could not help thinking about the short life of the three mentioned authors. None of them are making any reference to an active use of research librarians. All work had to be done by themselves searching in the field
for facts to be presented in the books. Stig Larsson has written 1806 pages of fascinating and thrilling research work in all three books about Lisbeth Salander and
Mikael Blomkvist. So far none of the two main figures are asking for assistance at a
public library or let professional research librarians do the work. Lisbeth Salander
is getting her information as a hacker searching emails to persons without permission. Do I see a new attitude to the work of journalists? Are the librarians too modest in fighting for the profession called librarianship? My answer is: Yes, they are too polite and nice and service minded to protest against the journalists
occupation of the work of librarians. Due to the new technology called digitalization, any can get access to the information difficult to get some years ago. Research work is done by the television and the radio journalists in radio and television companies where you make file searching. The journalists working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) have made a public issue of the work of evaluating the sources for the reports. Forgotten are the professional librarians who
could do the work evaluating whether the facts are correct or not. Worn out all of them: Jack London, Ernest Hemingway and Stig Larsson. Jack London did not commit suicide but used too much drugs to write. Ernest Hemingway and Jack London were hard drinking persons. Ernest Hemingway could not write any more when he shot himself - worn out making an attempt to do all the work. Stig Larsson passed away in 2004 without any warning. Worn out. He produced 1806 pages of thrilling literature making
three recommended books: " The Girl with the Dragon Tattou, The Girl who played with fire and The Girl who kicked the Hornets' Nest ". What went wrong concerning the work of making radio and television programmes? The new thinking of who is of importance to make the programme: The jounalists. We are the most important for the
production not the cameraman, the librarians, the clerks, the caretakers, the painters and so on. The list of professions to make a television programme is a long one. The journalists are active persons. Not modest like the librarians. For a long time we all joined the same union due to the fact that we all are making the programmes. The solidarity did not last. Correct information is important for any television producer and evaluation of the facts have to be done by somebody.
Let the librarians do the work for you journalists and reminding you about my favorite writers and their life: Jack London, Ernest Hemingway and Stig Larsson.
Take care and cooperate with one of the oldest professions: Librarianship.