Nancy: I understand your position on this issue, but I really have to
strongly disagree. To contend that whenever in life a person provides a bit
of information he/she is acting in the capacity of a librarian is really
downgrading to the profession; you are using the word "librarian" to
describe a person performing a generic activity rather than to describe a
member of a professional group. I know I shouldn't speak for anyone but
myself, but I have to believe that the majority of librarians in the world
really don't want to popularize the concept you describe.
Lee R. Nemchek MLS, CRM
Information Resources Manager
Morrison & Foerster LLP
lnemchek@mofo.com
(213) 892-5359
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>From: Nancy Long
>To: law-lib
>Subject: Librarian Credentials -Reply
>Date: Thursday, March 27, 1997 10:22AM
>
>I am in total agreement with Ms. Kole's assessment of the rancour
>behind this debate. Here's a thought that occurred to me as I was
>walking to my car yesterday after following this argument all day and
>a man pulled up in a car and asked me where the Marriott was: you're
>a librarian when you wear the "Mantle of Reference" and wherever you
>go in public people ask you reference questions. Like, Where's the
>Marriott? Which Way to Broadway? In the post office: Do You Know
>How Much Postage This Package Will Take? In the IRS office: Which
>Form Do I Use To Declare Capital Gains? On and on. If you're a real
>librarian you know what I'm talking about. ;-)
>
>Nancy Long, Librarian (with no !@#$% degrees at all!!)
>Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP
>Oakland, CA
>nlong@wendel.com
>
>
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