[WEB4LIB] What a UCLA Student Thinks of Librarians

[Andrew I. Mutch]

Gary,

I think an appropriate revenge would be for librarians to show Sony how
they can use the Internet to dig up all kinds of good information. A quick
search of Google pulled up his high school and a photo. Seems like a good
start for mischief.
:)

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI


On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, gprice wrote:

> Hello from D.C.
> 
> 
> Librarians
> Source: UCLA Daily Bruin
> Title:
> Library Science Degree: File that Under 'Stupid'
> http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/articles.asp?ID=18860
> 
> After reading this article you'll be uttering the words, "is this a joke". 
> Unfortunately, I don't think it is. The writer of this column, a fourth 
> year molecular, cell and developmental biology student, has a problem with 
> library science/librarians and that's putting it mildly. Instead of 
> excerpting a couple of sentences, click on the url and read the entire 
> Viewpoint column. Wait, I can't resist, here are two sentences, "First of 
> all, does this [Library Science] really need to be a graduate program? As 
> far as I can remember, every librarian with whom I have ever come in 
> contact has been a socially inept housewife who needs a little extra income 
> to help out around the homestead."
> 
> 
> cheers,
> gary, the librarian
> 
> 
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> Gary D. Price, MLIS
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> gprice at gwu.edu
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