Lewis, David W.2017-11-142017-11-142017-11David W. Leiws, "The McKinsey Study and the Future of Library Work," November 2017.https://hdl.handle.net/1805/14530http://doi.org/10.7912/C2P647Reviews the prospects for the library workforce in light of the McKinsey Global Institute study, A Future That Works: Automation, Employment, and Productivity, on automation and its effect on various jobs and job activities. The McKinsey report projects that library jobs can be automated to a large extent. The paper argues that while the McKinsey report may over estimate the extent that library jobs can be automated, this should be a concern to librarians and libraries.en-USAttribution 3.0 United StatesMcKinsey Global InstituteAutomationLibrary WorkforceWorking Paper10.7912/C2P647