Greetings,
   He (Keith Swigger) is talking about his book _The MLS Project_ from 
Scarecrow, 2010. See

   tinyurl
   http://tinyurl.com/budpvc3

   If you want the long URL see all 247 chars.
http://books.google.com/books?id=jDl-EBvbBagC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=swigger+kenneth+MLS&source=bl&ots=VoGPkKKP-f&sig=jz3RsPgW6mbjVGz8jpk_6L9Qt1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tYGxUPagLYTa8wTo2YCoAg&sqi=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=swigger%20kenneth%20MLS&f=false


    The reviews are interesting conversations in themselves, and reflective
of what we have been talking about.

   Just pages of the work are presented, but it does date the shift from 
the accreditation of the bachelor's degree to the master's (MLS) at 1951 
by ALA.  That nails that one.

   1951 is the flip year. "Why" is still the unaswered question.

   If I'm going to get a handle on the initial question, which if you 
recall was why librarians need to have a master's degree, (or as the 
initial question has evolved, why the high school, community college, 
undergraduate degree/certificate whatever might or won't work) I gotta get 
ahold of a copy of this book.  And devour it.

   --gw

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On Fri, 23 Nov 2012, keith swigger wrote:

> I explained the chronology of the shift to the MLS degree and the reasons for 
> it in my book, /The MLS Project/ (Scarecrow, 2010).
>
> Until 1949, ALA accredited bachelor's degrees.  After much discussion of the 
> future of programs, ALA suspended accreditation in 1949 while the subject was 
> debated.  New standards were adopted in 1951 under which only master's degrees 
> would be accredited. Accreditation resumed in 1953.  Only master's degrees 
> were accredited after 1953.
>
> Then an effort began  to redefine "professional librarian."  In 1970, ALA 
> adopted the policy Library Education and Manpower which defined a 
> "professional librarian" as a person who had earned an ALA accredited master's 
> degree.
>
> Keith Swigger
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>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: History: MLS, MIS, MS, etc (fwd)
> Date: 	Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:15:26 -0500
> From: 	Gretchen Whitney <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: 	Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum <[log in to unmask]>
> To: 	<[log in to unmask]>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:27:17 -0500
> From: B.G. Sloan <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Well, one reason why "a Bachelors would not suffice" is because the
> American Library Association says so. See the following:    Q: What is the
> appropriate degree to be a professional librarian? A: ALA policy 54.2
> states: "The master's degree from a program accredited by the American
> Library Association (or from a master's level program in library and
> information studies accredited or recognized by the appropriate national
> body of another country) is the appropriate professional degree for
> librarians."   Source:
> http://www.ala.org/accreditedprograms/faq#appropriate_degree_for_librarian
>  Bernie Sloan
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