This is facinating and I tend to agree with Adrian that the commercial world
does value professional qualifications - in law, finance, HR, etc. But,
seemingly, not in library and/or information practice. Why not? I'd welcome
more views on this. Bob.
-----Original Message-----
From: Oriole Newgass [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 13 August 2002 13:52
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Chartering
OK Kayla - I'll come right out and say it: it's the purely COMMERCIAL world
that I believe is on the other side of that gulf (from
Public/Academic/Government-Corporate). I just can't see the employers who
do
the hiring & firing in the City / legal / banking /accountancy /management
firms looking on Chartership (with its echoes - if it means anything to them
at
all - of the label "chartered librarian") as anything but an anachronism,
and
without relevance to their world.
Perhaps CILIP should change the name - it definitely needs to change the
image
if the qualification is to carry any weight in the nasty brutish world of
commerce!
Oriole
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