As the saying goes, "bad publicity is better than no publicity at all."
Karen Silber
BNA Library
Marcie Bierlein
<Marcie.Bierlein@law.w To: Stephanie Pierson <SPIERSON@llgm.com>
idener.edu> cc: law-lib@ucdavis.edu, (bcc: Karen Silber/BNA Inc)
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01/29/03 01:07 PM
Well, guess what! My daughter is an architect and word went out over their
message boards to vote for "architect!" Too bad Forbes only used one
example!
Marcie Bierlein
Reference/State Documents Librarian
Legal Information Center
Widener University School of Law
Wilmington, DE 19803
302-477-2044
Stephanie Pierson wrote:
> The following appears in the Feb. 3rd issue of Forbes:
>
> Some People Just Have Too Much Time
> On its kids-oriented Barbie Web site, Mattel (nyse: MAT - news - people )
posted a tongue-in-cheek poll about careers for the 43-year-old,
1-billion-copy teenager doll. Adults took this seriously. Librarians, for
example, put messages on Internet trade message boards urging colleagues to
vote for their profession over, say, architect or cop. --W.P.B.
>
> Is it just me or is anyone else insulted by the implication that
librarians "just have too much time"?
>
> Food for thought...
>
> Stephanie
>
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