LISNews: Librarian News

Rory writes: \"The protest at the Marriott on Tuesday afternoon was a joyous event. It felt good to be there on the picket lines with the union members, supporting them. The words by President-elect Mitch Freedman, Michael Gorman, Pat Schuman and others were inspiring and made me very glad to be a part of it (rather than on the other side of the picket line, at the Inaugural event).

I put some photos on the web which I think capture the spirit of that afternoon. There are thirteen photos in all. They may take while to load if you have a dial-up connection. You can view them at:libr.org/Juice/pics/4.23/Marriott.html

LINdam
writes
\"A librarian is person who has studied the field of
librarianship and undergone some examination to be
understood as qualified librarian. People who have
helped in the librarians tend to call themselves as
librarians. Basically people tend to misjudge,
undermine and misinterprete the profession. This has
led to the idea that anybody who is working in the library
is a librarian and that is not the case once a person
has been employed in an institution users tend to say
he/she is a librarian.As librarians I think we need to
stand up for our profession and prove to the community
that we are professionals and the community can not
operate without us providing information to them. This
bothers me a lot

CAN PEOPLE SEND COMMENTS TO ME ABOUT THIS
ISSUE? \"

I think here in the US a librarian has an MLS, but I
may be wrong......Comments?

Jeff Lehr writes...

The days of the school librarian stereotype are quickly becoming numbered, making way for a new breed of tech-savvy specialized record keepers who are primed to make getting what you need easier than ever before.[more...] from My San Antonio.

I stumbled on a couple interesting papers while looking for something else the other day.

Tamar Kirschner wrote an interesting paper that takes a A Look at librarian stereotypes.
\" Their professional sense of purpose carries over into the human beings they are outside of work, which is probably why it is the only professional stereotype that does not suggest an element of exploitation of others.\"

Richard A. Danner wrote Redefining a Profession that discusses technology and its impact on our little profession.
\"...without attention, foresight, and the willingness to take advantage of these capabilities, librarians could find that market forces alone will control and limit the future development of the profession.\"
He has 194 references on this one!