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LITA certainly welcomes medical librarians (both in tech positions and not)! Abigail <-- medical librarian On 1/6/2015 11:05 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote: > I don't disagree with that, that's for sure. What it DOES suggest is that > the closest thing to tracking "librarian" vs "not" is likely how they > self-identify for dues purposes, which means that the data is probably not > so good. > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:01 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. >> >> 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 >>>>> -- Abigail Goben, MLS Assistant Information Services Librarian and Assistant Professor Library of the Health Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago 1750 W. Polk (MC 763) Chicago, IL 60612 [log in to unmask]