Within my lifetime there have been a lot of jobs which have
\ndisappeared from the urban landscape as a result of new
\ntechnologies, and various cost cutting exercises.<\/p>\n
Here are some examples to prove the point: –<\/p>\n
Railway porters.
\nIf you look at old photos ( or films ) of railway stations,
\nthen you will see these guys at work.
\nI’ve not seen one in a railway station for many a year.<\/p>\n
The Milk Man.
\nYes – I am told that they do exist, but there are fewer &
\nfewer of them around.<\/p>\n
Bank messengers.
\nThese guys used to carry fiscal transfer notes between the
\nvarious banks in the city. Now it’s all done electronically.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
During the 1st ‘Stop the City’ demonstrations in 1983,
\nthese messengers could not get around the City of London,
\nand so some of the banks become technically insolvent.<\/p>\n
Chalkers.
\nThey used to chalk up the racing results within betting
\noffices.<\/p>\n
Tea Ladies.
\nThey used to come around the office with ones tea & biscuits.
\nNow thanks to instant coffee, electric kettles, & vending
\nmachines, they are just a memory of the past.<\/p>\n
It is the disappearance of such jobs which has had a major
\neffect upon the labour market, especially for the unskilled.<\/p>\n
This has resulted in a need for more people taking up higher
\neducation.<\/p>\n
The only problem being that many of the qualifications on
\noffer are mickey mouse ones in either business or media
\nstudies.<\/p>\n
It’s a case of kids having to get a degree before they can go
\non to the job market, and then having to cripple themselves
\nwith unsustainable high ‘student loans’.<\/p>\n
Working in a supermarket in the evening or over the
\nweekends is how many students survive, but this in turn
\nleaves less employment options open for the unemployed
\nunskilled worker.<\/p>\n
All of which means that there are building up some
\nunsustainable economic problems within our society.<\/p>\n
One of the other trends which go with the above has been
\nfor many colleges of further education to regard
\nthemselves as businesses.<\/p>\n
In the ‘good old days’ colleges of further education would
\nprovide enough text books in their libraries to satisfy the
\neducational needs of their students.<\/p>\n
Now with various budget cuts, and many more students, most
\ncolleges of further education do not provide enough text
\nbooks for most of their students.<\/p>\n
This means that the students have to rely upon public
\nlibraries to provide their text books.<\/p>\n
Public libraries which are also unable to provide enough
\nbooks as a result of budget cuts & inflation.<\/p>\n
I could write a lot more here about falling educational
\nstandards, and how this all relates to the economy, but I
\nthink that such issues have been well covered by other
\npeople.<\/p>\n
However: – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –<\/p>\n
As a result of all these problems, it is those who wish to
\neducate themselves via the public library system that are
\nnow becoming the new disadvantaged.<\/p>\n
This is also at a time when these are falling standards of
\nnumeracy & literacy.<\/p>\n
Clearly We Need To State Just How Important Libraries Are
\nFor Those Who Wish To Engage In SELF EDUCATION.<\/p>\n
This is also why we library workers really do need to be
\nacknowledged for our education work,
\n&
\nget the same kind of backup which these who teach in
\neducational establishments receive.<\/p>\n
The bottom line must be that colleges of further education
\nstart to provide enough text books for their students,
\n&
\nthen we can start to have more books within public libraries
\nfor those who want to improve their employment prospect
\nvia a self education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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