Library School

Current Trends & Some Thoughts on the Future

 

 

  1. “Hello, my name is Matt, and I’m a Distance Education MLIS student.”

 

training librarians at a distance: technology and pedagogy

 

  1. “Introducing Mr Jones, your “professional lawyer.”  Dr Smith, your “professional physician?”

 

thoughts on practicing a profession, and what it means to be “professional”

 

  1. MLIS: “Any 11th-grader could do it!”

 

the profession’s entry-level degree: intellectualism and subject mastery

 

4. “I got an “A” in Cataloging.  Now what?”

 

      the importance of career tracks and specialization

 

5. “I need a JOB.”

 

      library school and job placement.  How are we doing?