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Are library schools making appropriate adjustments or abandoning their traditional missions as they shift their curricula to embrace information technology?
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"Universities that offer the MLS degree, should change and begin offering an MLIS degree. They should not abandon teaching about traditional libraries and librarianship, but should incorporate information technology..."
"I am taking an online graduate course at Southern Connecticut State University in Library and Information Science..."
"My own library career has changed significantly with the spread and use of personal computers as they have brought substantial changes to the way we process and access books and other materials..."
"I am an undergraduate student working part time at a Public Library, and a very nice one at that. What I find most objectionable..."
"We are quite literally in danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater..."
"From the replies, it doesn't seem like this is a controversial issue for professional librarians or library schools, anymore..."
"As a recent graduate with a BA in English and Associate of Science degree with math, physics, chemistry and engineering as my major I wanted to wait and work before considering graduate school..."
"The people who are most in demand in today's market are those who understand the limits and capabilities of the new technology..."
"I will be a distance learning student at East Carolina this fall..."
"The power of the Internet and related growth of information technology hangs like a sword of Damocles over the modern world's head..."
"Funds from organizations like the Gates Foundation only promote technology for technology sake..."
"Libraries have changed. Information technology permeates libraries..."
"The post from the 'Anonymous recent graduate' below incorporates feelings I have heard most of my fellow academic librarians express..."
"As a recent library school graduate I have been having an internal debate about what I want to do with this degree..."
"I attended library school from 92-94, when many of these issues were coming to the fore..."
"My gut feeling is that the library schools trying to be more 'progressive' and technology-oriented are doing so simply because..."
"For 22 years I have been proud to be called a librarian. While sad to see the word "librarian" eliminated from..."
"The debate around the changes in existing library and information science schools seems to center on the implicit differences between..."
"I think Library and Information Science, as denoted by the name, can serve both as..."
"I am writing not a cybrarian or librarian or anything in between, just a faculty member trying to teach research skills to students..."
"While I can't claim to be an expert on what other 'Information' schools are doing, I do feel the need to defend mine..."
"Library education changes as society changes. We are no longer taught 'Library Hand' to create..."
"I identify with Liz Wilson's comments. In this, my 40th year of library 'service'..."
"It is amazing that in this day and age this topic can cause consternation and concern among librarians..."
"I agree with the view of Blaise Cronin, the Indiana dean..."
"Librarians are being stepped on, downgraded and taken for granted..."
"As I sit at my laptop composing this response,..."
"If mental muscle is invisible, it won't be valued..."
"Four generations of librarians serving under one small roof!..."
"To the focused and intelligent commentary of contributors like Judith Siess..."
"Since I became a librarian in 1975, I have witnessed many changes in our field..."
"After having been addressed for some time now in the library literature,..."
"From my point of view, it seems that schools of library and information studies, whatever their names may be, are exactly on the right track..."
"Where there seems to be a true lack of appreciation for the so-called traditional library curriculum..."
"I agree with Mr. Berry from Library Journal...."
"I input my first machine-readable bibliographic record before some of my graduate students were born..."
"To characterize the changes in our field as 'traditional librarianship vs. information technology'..."
"As a graduate of Rutgers School of Library SERVICE in 1972,..."
"I think traditional library schools and new innovations in information technology can and should work together..."
"For twenty years I have been teaching both library and information management students at Syracuse..."
"I agree that the role of the librarian is changing..."
"I agree wholeheartedly with Judith Siess..."
"I'm probably more offended by the title of The Chronicle's article..."
"A sociologist's view of what is happening to library schools:..."
"The biggest problem facing the profession at the moment is the fact that we are using technology to be our identifier..."
"Library schools are on the right track however most library graduates coming out of school today lack good basic library skills..."
"I have the great pleasure of completing my MLIS from Drexel this spring..."
"I have to say that I don't particularly care what the profession ultimately ends up being called, as long as those who might wish to hire me..."
"The article about the transformation of traditional library schools into schools of information technology..."
"I welcome the change. The change is necessary..."
"There are basic skills, the foundation of librarianship,..."
"As a recent graduate of the University of Michigan School of Information,..."
"Library Schools would only be selling out if they did not pursue new curricula..."
"I'm glad to see this issue being addressed. I'm finishing a masters program at Drexel,..."
"Information is growing faster than ever. Librarians need to know how to access the latest information resources..."
"While I understand the concerns of the more traditional librarians..."
"Thank you for writing about this subject..."
"Librarianship is a noble profession. I think it would be better to raise the profile and image of librarians..."
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