On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:27:07 +0100 Dominic Broadhurst <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> From my own expereince of meeting and working many information
> professionals I also assert that being chartered does not have any
> correlation to the comptetence or professional awareness of an
> individual.
I agree - it would however have more of a correlation if periodic revalidation
was required. I hope it will be (if optionally, I hope the postnominal letters
will indicate this is some way - perhaps MCLIP+ ?!) as I'd like to be able to
differentiate myself from someone who obtained their ALA (now MCLIP) purely by
virtue of not dying within two years of qualifying ;-)
Lesha
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