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Hello, It now seems that the Librarian of Congress is the "Pope of Librarianship" 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 >> [log in to unmask] >> 920-424-7332 > > > > -- > Sent from my GMail account.