[WEB4LIB] What a UCLA Student Thinks of Librarians

[Skau, Adele]

I'd love to see this guy at a reference desk. He probably couldn't handle
it! My opinion and I'm not even a librarian, I just keep their computers
running. :-)

Adele

Adele M. Skau
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, CA 91205
(818) 548-2183
askau at ci.glendale.ca.us


-----Original Message-----
From: gprice [mailto:gprice at gwu.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:47 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] What a UCLA Student Thinks of Librarians


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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