Nuh-uh, remember that whole Reformation thing?

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Dave Caroline <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Cornel Darden Jr.
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > It now seems that the Librarian of Congress is the "Pope of
> Librarianship"
>
> methinks not as the Bodleian predates the LoC by a small amount :)
>
> http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/about/history
>
> Dave Caroline
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Cornel Darden Jr.
> > MSLIS
> > Librarian
> > Kennedy-King College
> > City Colleges of Chicago
> > Work 773-602-5449
> > Cell 708-705-2945
> >
> > On Feb 14, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Devon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> If you want to call yourself a librarian, just do it. There's no pope of
> >> librarianship to tell you otherwise.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Maccabee Levine <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Andromeda's talk this afternoon really struck a chord, as I shared
> with her
> >>> afterwards, because I have the same issue from the other side of the
> fence.
> >>> I'm among the 1/3 of the crowd today with a CS degree and and IT
> >>> background (and no MLS).  I've worked in libraries for years, but when
> I
> >>> have a point to make about how technology can benefit instruction or
> >>> reference or collection development, I generally preface it with "I'm
> not a
> >>> librarian, but...".  I shouldn't have to be defensive about that.
> >>>
> >>> Problem is, 'coder' doesn't imply a particular degree -- just the
> >>> experience from doing the task, and as Andromeda said, she and most
> C4Lers
> >>> definitely are coders.  But 'librarian' *does* imply MLS/MSLS/etc.,
> and I
> >>> respect that.
> >>>
> >>> What's a library word I can use in the same way as coder?
> >>>
> >>> Maccabee
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Maccabee Levine
> >>> Head of Library Technology Services
> >>> University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
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> >>> 920-424-7332
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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>