"Shambrarian": Someone who knows enough truth about how libraries really work, but not enough to go insane or be qualified as a real librarian. (See more at http://m.urbandictionary.com/#define?term=Shambrarian)
More information available at http://shambrarian.org/ And Dave Pattern has published a handy guide to Librarian/Shambrarian interactions ("DO NOT bore the librarian by showing them your Roy Tennant Fan Club membership card") http://daveyp.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/librarianshambrarian-venn-diagram/ Tongue firmly in cheek, Owen On 14 Feb 2013, at 00:22, Maccabee Levine <levi...@uwosh.edu> wrote: > Andromeda's talk this afternoon really struck a chord, as I shared with her > afterwards, because I have the same issue from the other side of the fence. > I'm among the 1/3 of the crowd today with a CS degree and and IT > background (and no MLS). I've worked in libraries for years, but when I > have a point to make about how technology can benefit instruction or > reference or collection development, I generally preface it with "I'm not a > librarian, but...". I shouldn't have to be defensive about that. > > Problem is, 'coder' doesn't imply a particular degree -- just the > experience from doing the task, and as Andromeda said, she and most C4Lers > definitely are coders. But 'librarian' *does* imply MLS/MSLS/etc., and I > respect that. > > What's a library word I can use in the same way as coder? > > Maccabee > > -- > Maccabee Levine > Head of Library Technology Services > University of Wisconsin Oshkosh > levi...@uwosh.edu > 920-424-7332