by KimBoo York | Jan 30, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS Project“In [MLS advocates’] approach to professionalism, they have confused two issues: whether librarianship is a profession, which is a factual question, and whether it ought to be a profession, which is a...
by KimBoo York | Jan 23, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS ProjectHere Swigger breaks down his negative analysis of the outcomes assessment of the MLS Project: Recognition of the MLS as a prestige/status degree of higher learning and competencies: By focusing all...
by KimBoo York | Jan 16, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS Project “Instead of the progressive training in librarianship envisioned in 1948, with technical courses at the undergraduate level and professional courses at the master’s level, the master’s programs now...
by KimBoo York | Jan 12, 2012 | Information Science
In the History of Text Technology grad seminar I took last semester, I had to give a short (two minute) presentation relating a modern art book to a 6,000 year old cuneiform tablet, using the theme “all technology is social networking.” It really...
by KimBoo York | Jan 9, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS ProjectChapters 3 (Librarians’ Standing: Status, Prestige, and Income) and 4 (Recruitment of New Librarians): “The goal of improved standing involved an enhancement of rewards and the regard in which society...