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On Jan 6, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Cindi Blyberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Based on previous experience, I doubt this truly captures whether someone > thinks of themselves as a librarian. I've always found those categories > arbitrary (an MLS does not a librarian make) and sometimes divisive. An MLS might not a librarian make, but you generally cannot get a job as one without it. And if you’re not actually a librarian, I’m not sure why you’re calling yourself one, unless we’re talking shorthand in lieu of boring people to death about what you do for a living (which I’ve certainly used in the past). But I don’t think that would apply in the context of ALA. -Ross. > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Andreas Orphanides <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> There's a different dues schedule for librarians (-slash-certification >> required-slash-managerial) and "support staff", so along that dimension it >> presumably gets tracked, at the very least. >> >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Cindi Blyberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Honestly, I don't know if ALA tracks whether people have an MLS/related >>> degree or if that's self-selected. I know folks who call themselves >>> librarians but who aren't degreed--those would be self-selected. >>> >>> I'll see if we can find this out--I'm curious! >>> >>> -Cindi (wearing my LITA hat) >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Haitz, Lisa (haitzlm) < >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> I'd be curious about something: how many LITA members are not >> librarians? >>>> I work in a library as a web developer, which includes a medical >> library, >>>> but I don’t have an MLS. So, question: is the Code4Lib list more open >> to >>>> technical folks, but not necessarily librarians? >>>> >>>> Lisa Haitz >>>> University of Cincinnati Libraries >>>> >>> >>