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.
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
> > >
> >
>
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