[WEB4LIB] What a UCLA Student Thinks of Librarians

[Shirl Kennedy]

For anyone interested in "enlightening" the author of this piece, here's his
(?) contact information:
 name: Barari, Sony Broto
            title: Student
            email: SBARARI at UCLA.EDU
          address: 606 LEVERING AVE., APT. 117, LOS ANGELES, CA  90024
            phone: 310-824-5783
permanent address: 1237 JOSHUA CT., RIDGECREST, CA  93555
  permanent phone: 760-446-6365

Shirl Kennedy (socially inept single parent who needs a lot of extra income)



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> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of gprice
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 5:48 PM
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> Subject: [WEB4LIB] What a UCLA Student Thinks of Librarians
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> Hello from D.C.
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>
> 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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