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What about the number of Five year programs cropping up and also double Master degrees and some with Masters and JDs    --for many of our younger students today, they are also looking for programs where they can spend less on tuition, and finish certain programs as quickly and conveniently as possible since most today are also working full time too. 
The dynamics may also be changing on these topics again.
we have high schoolers today taking college level coursework, we have college undergraduates who are doing BA/MA programs in 5 years etc  maybe expectations are also shifting in different ways again.          / Karen Weaver

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Ken Haycock <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
This was an issue in the first Congress on Professional Education (1999).
There were a few concerns and suggestions.
First, there was concern that the master's degree be "upgraded" to a greater
emphasis on principles and theory as well as management and training.
Second, there was a feeling that a better alternative would be better
education and training programs for library technicians with a significant
two year post-secondary (and post-baccalaureate for those just wanting a
"job" rather than a career) certificate, accepted in libraries as a formal
qualifications. (For the Canadian perspective on this issue, see: Haycock,
K. (2007). Education for Library and Information Studies in Canada: A
cross-cultural comparison. New Library World 108(1/2), 32-39.)
Third, there was the experience that few proceeded historically from the BLS
(fifth year) to the MLS (sixth year) and salaries overall would decline as a
result.
--Ken
Dr. Ken Haycock
Follett Chair in Library and Information Science
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On 9/3/10 5:08 PM, "Gretchen Whitney" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Greetings,
>    Please read these postings, chew on them, and report back.  These aren't
> new issues, but it is interesting that they are still with us.  --gw
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> http://tinyurl.com/24pvtut
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>    I do wonder if it is time to bring back the bachelor's degree in library
> science.  These participants and practitioners seem to want it. And don't
> see the point of a master's degree.  Note: the comments are really more
> important than the article itself.
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>    --gw
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