November 28, 2003

The 'Art and Science' of Librarianship

To the Editor:

Mary Dillon Johnson's piece on the new, no-library-degree-required career option that will enable Ph.D.'s to become academic librarians sheds some light on the ambiguity that traditional academic librarians feel about this trend ("Turning Ph.D.'s Into Librarians," Career Network, October 17). While academic librarians are eager to have new, highly qualified colleagues join our profession, I have mixed emotions about Ph.D.'s who become academic librarians through

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