LISNews: Librarian News

Lee Hadden has written an interesting look at class rules and the social order in libraries. Since he put Systems Librarians near the top, I can\'t help but agree with him ;-)

\"It doesn\'t surprise me that there are problems of going from one
aspect of librarianship to another. It violates class rules in libraries,
and upsets the social order.
Actually, there is an unnamed but very strongly identified pecking
order in the class of librarians. Why are people getting so upset over this
problem? Passions are heated because the stakes are so small. Actually,
social settings are set up rather like a water fountain, with a number of
different library jobs floating at the top, but fewer identified ones at
the bottom. \"

Much More... -- Read More

We've had several interesting interviews so far this
year, they include all 3 Presidential Candidates for the
ALA, Maurice J. Freedman, Ken Haycock, and William Sannwald, and also Pat Schroeder, from the APA.

This time around I sent John W. Berry, President
Elect at the ALA, the same questions the current
candidates received. Read on to see what the new
president of the ALA has to say on all the current topics
that interested YOU, the loyal LISnews readers. -- Read More

Who says librarians are boring?
Bob Cox sent along This Story on Lucy Dudko, a softly spoken mother and librarian was arrested after a crazy jail break attempt. She hijacked a helicopter at gunpoint in 1999 and forced the pilot to land in the exercise yard of a prison, where her boy friend was waiting for her to bust him out.

Cites & Insights: Crawford At Large, vol. 1 no. 3 (March 2001), is
available now at: cical.home.att.net.

This issue is 16 pages and includes:
-Living with Contradictions
-PC Values for March 2001
-MusicMaker RIP
-Press Watch I: Articles Worth Reading--three citations
-Stories Between the Ads
-The Convergence Chronicles--seven items
-Press Watch II: Commentary--one citation
-Product Watch--eleven items
-Trends and Quick Takes--three commentaries
-Review Watch--eight reviews in six categories