Technology Erodes Working Conditions

A centralised computer cataloguing system could reduce the more mechanical work of librarians, but it is unlikely that finance will permit such a scheme for a long while. The introduction of benefits from a technological age are not necessarily labour saving, as Alison McCloud has discovered with the new electronic exit system in the library. With its arrival, one staff position was cut, believed to be no longer necessary, but it is quite apparent that a staff member is still needed to supervise the system and put the books through the new processes involved.