here’s something to get you spluttering/ thinking/ weeping/ fighting* …. (delete as appropriate)
This came from Ryan Deschamps via David Rothman and eventually the Health Informationist.
1. Librarians Have No Monopoly on the Activities They Claim
2. There are No Consequences For Failing to Adhere to Ethical Practices
3. Librarianship is Too Generalized to Claim Any Expertise
4. ’Librarian’ Assumes a Place of Work, Rather than the Work Itself
5. Peer Review in Librarianship Does Not Work Because There is No Competitive Process to Go With It
6. Values Are Not Enough
7. The Primary Motivation for Professionalization is the Monopoly of Labor
8. Accredited Library Schools Do Not Adequately Prepare Students for Library Work
9. Competing Professions Are Offering Different Paradigms to Achieve the Same Goals
10. Nobody Can Name a ‘Great’ Librarian
#4 makes me laugh – especially considering the fact that I work in Cambridge! and #8 very accurately reflects my experience of library school (admitedly a few years ago now)
what do you reckon??
and on top of this, Peter Murray Rust has got 12 suggestions on how Librarians can build the future - any one up for it?
Posted by ilk21 
