Re: Position description

Ann Morton (mailto:mrtn@TROI.CC.ROCHESTER.EDU)
Tue, 29 Nov 1994 14:30:55 -0500

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Date:         Tue, 29 Nov 1994 14:30:55 -0500
From: Ann Morton <mailto:mrtn@TROI.CC.ROCHESTER.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Position description
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB

>
> 3. Now, curating aside...any position in a LIBRARY that requires LIBRARIANSHIP
> type duties to be performed (as opposed to technical and/or clerical work),
> MUST have a QUALIFIED librarian filling that job (and that means, someone with
> an MLS). Not to harp on, but I would feel as ill-at-ease having a doctor
> fixing my car or a mechanic operating on my heart as I would having someone
> without the proper qualifications giving me service (as a librarian) in a
> library...
>
> 'Nuf said.
>
>
> Irina Gribovsky
> AV Librarian
> IDRC Library
> Ottawa, ONT
> Canada
>

Bollucks!

The worst service I've ever had from any library was provided by "professional" librarians with an MLS.

The best was provided by part-time volunteers, who cared about their patrons...

Ann Morton mailto:mrtn@troi.cc.rochester.edu