The librarian vs information professional conundrum has always given me something to think about, but has only come to a crunch point once so far. Until now. The first time names caused issue was whilst I was choosing my Masters course. The choice of ‘Librarianship’ against ‘Information Studies’ was something I quibbled about very briefly, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘defining librarianship’
16 Apr
Librarians? More interesting than campanology!
Why would someone study librarianship? Recently I was thinking about the many things that we have been told regarding library advocacy and defending the profession in the public sphere (see my recent post on Defending Librarianship). I was trying to think of a clear and succinct response to the commonly phrased question that a good [...]
6 Apr
Defending Librarianship
Career development aids and advice on preparing for the future seem to be everywhere at the moment. The New Professional’s Conference has a theme of professionalism and activism, the SLA’s theme for this year is being ‘future ready’, and this afternoon our MA/MSc programme cohort had a talk from @Lyndsay2020 and @Kathyennis which rounded up [...]
