The discussion of the value MLIS/MLS is interesting, and familiar. It is a
discussion that always seems to go in one direction: namely, why do library
technologists need MLS degrees? There are some pretty compelling arguments
that they don't, but I'm curious what that means for librarians going
What is necessary, at least for some IT people in a library, is to have
a particular interest in libraries, and particular knowledge of
library's business and needs and directions. You can have some just
straight IT people who happen to be working in a library, but I firmly
believe that you
Call to all Librarians:
I am a Master of Architecture student at Ryerson University in Toronto
writing my thesis on the future of the Library amidst the flood of today's
(and tomorrow's) digital technologies. I have compiled a short online
survey and I could really use your thoughts and
mark friesner wrote:
Call to all Librarians:
I am a Master of Architecture student at Ryerson University in Toronto
writing my thesis on the future of the Library amidst the flood of today's
(and tomorrow's) digital technologies.
Just a thought but perhaps a speculation on the future
A second step might be to recognize that some of the most compelling
uses of library-related metadata is taking—and if libraries take their
role as information *providers* seriously, SHOULD be taking—place
outside of the libraries and even the library world.
So, perhaps we can change it to
