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
Voice: +44 (020) 7451 3100
Fax: +44 (020) 7321 0145
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