I agree with Mark. Whether we like it or not, we don't live in a values
driven society - we live in a value for money driven society. We can't just
moan about the way other people see us, nor can we ever beat the media, who
will always portray every profession in a stereotypical way, not just ours,
because, as we all know, this is how the media works.
Actions speak louder - every customer, client or student we see today will
hopefully go away in the knowledge that he or she has received professional
assistance. Why don't we rely on these strengths as our weapons in the war
against stereotyping ? The alternative would be start our own news company
and report the news our way.......
Phillip
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From: Mark Lardner [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 10 February 2000 09:44
To: 'Lis Link'
Subject: Librarians
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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
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