Well, Roy Killey meant exactly what he said but perhaps he didn't put it
too well!! There is quite a difference between being valued as a
colleague and valued as a librarian. For me, being a colleague suggests
being "one of us" whilst being a librarian (or a student, even) suggests
being "one of them"! My view is that it becomes considerably easier to
justify a better salary if you are "one of us".
How do your "colleagues" in the learning process perceive you?
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Roy Killey, MLS ALA Cert Ed
(formerly Academic Liaison Librarian, Design and Communication Systems,
Anglia Polytechnic University; now MPhil/PhD student researching into
the psychology of transport imagery)
28 Howe Lane,
Nafferton,
Driffield,
East Yorkshire,
YO25 4JU
01377 254718
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>From: Mark Lardner <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Lis Link'" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Librarians
>Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2000, 09:43
>
> Roy Kiley wrote:
> "It seems to me that the purpose of a librarian is to make a
> contribution to the work of the institution, and to be valued for
> this."
>
> Surely he could not mean the last part, that our purpose is to be
> valued! We should only be valued if the work we do has value, however
> value is defined. If we do not add any value to our host institution
> then we, or the service itself, should go. One of the reasons why our
> negative image persists is that few people perceive the value that the
> profession brings. We like to think this is because our promotion of
> ourselves is not very good. It may just be, of course, that sufficient
> numbers of us are actually not good enough.
> Horrible thought for a wet Thursday
> Mark Lardner
> Institute of Directors
> 116 Pall Mall
> London SW1Y 5ED
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> Fax: +44 (020) 7321 0145
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