[Fwd: Re: hiring librarians]

[Sallie A Becker]

At the SLA conference in Boston this June, one of the speakers made
reference to a Basic Competencies document that had been accepted by the
Board of Directors during the conference.  No details on the content
were revealed, but publication was expected soon.  My last visit to
SLA's website (www.sla.org) about a week ago made no reference to Basic
Competencies.  Anyone out there have additional information?  I'd like
to think that this document would address some of these technology
issues.

Sallie
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Sallie A. Becker
Digital Media Librarian
NSA Libraries  


Karen G. Schneider wrote:
> 
> We've had this discussion before, and it is truly relevant to WEB4LIB, but
> not once on this or any other list have I ever heard a peep from the ALA
> accreditation folks.  Has anyone else?  Where do they stand on requiring
> technical skills?  What is their position on this?  How do they ensure it
> is happening?  Anyone know?  Until we redefine how librarians are born, we
> will not redefine how we live.
>