On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Thomas Wilburn Leonhardt
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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:
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/ Electronic Resources Statistician, Duquesne University, Gumberg Library,
Pittsburgh PA email:
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