Discussion of roles, positions, on the web

[John C. Matylonek]

Dowling wrote:

Here's a question of netiquette I've never known a clear answer to:  When  
job announcement are posted to a discussion-oriented list like Web4Lib,  
are they fair topics for discussion?
     
Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu

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I believe discussion relating to the roles, changing skills set, 
and qualifications and compensation for web/internet related 
positions is fair game. The interface between information system 
management (librarianship) and information science (creation of 
systems) is blurring.  One of our duties as information access 
professionals is to bring up these issues based so that a reasonable 
compromises. Of course titles, who does what issues, what constitutes 
a "professional" are all highly controversial and semi-objective/subjective. 
However, who else is more qualified to bring out the relative values?
Administrators have long had the monopoly on such value judgments. Their
wise decisions can, at least, be supplemented from the people who are on
the forefront of change.

John Matylonek