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On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Thomas Wilburn Leonhardt < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > "You can always find someone who denigrates one's graduate education but as > a long-time employed, I would rather have an entry level librarian than one > with experience in many if not most positions. ..." > I find this a very troubling remark especially since that most often translates as pay your faculty librarians as cheaply as possible based on their in turn "lack of experience" that's a double edged sword, I'm not sure most would agree with in the field today when experience is especially needed to meet a growing amount of challenges beyond answering a reference question and picking up the phone. It ends up more work for the managers/supervisors, maybe more than the administration level. I would not recommend that approach or mindset to people going out looking for jobs today either, if that is how some are thinking about the question, then there is a growing gap or soon to be "canyon". Budgets are cut these days, if there are more experienced faculty hired, they will also require higher compensation too... --Karen Weaver, MLS, Adjunct Faculty iSchool at Drexel University, Philadelphia PA email: [log in to unmask] / Electronic Resources Statistician, Duquesne University, Gumberg Library, Pittsburgh PA email: [log in to unmask]