I work in a law school where one of the courses taught is a conversion
law degree for those whose first degree was in a subject other than law.
Many lawyers come from backgrounds other than law and as far as I know
employers prefer this since these people are more rounded individuals
with awareness of a wider number of issues.

I know we information professionals are not lawyers or doctors but I
think all professions benefit equally from having people with different
backgrounds. I have a lot of admiration for those who did undergraduate
library and information studies degrees but I guess not all of us knew
that we wanted to work in this sector when we first entered university.


I think having a combination of 'hardcore' information professionals
and converts from sociology, archaeology, science, history, english,
etc. can only make us a richer and more interesting group.


Dunia García-Ontiveros
Assistant Librarian
The College of Law
14 Store St.
London
WC1E 7DE

Tel: 020 72911285
Fax: 020 7291 1305

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Unless specifically vocation-related, a first degree merely teaches you
to
conduct research in your own time and to meet deadlines.  Post-grad
degrees
are "easy" because in order for Universities to continue to receive
funding
they have to be successful, especially in today's 'mature student'
society.

CPD at leastproves that you know about your profession and have
developed
your professional knowledge and awareness....

-----Original Message-----
From: Rowena Macrae-Gibson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 19 June 2002 10:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: consume


Well for Library posts in academia or special libraries, your first
degree
may very well be relevant or required. Although not everyone will end
up
working with subjects that directly match their first degrees, subject
knowledge is useful in many areas of the job, such as answering
enquiries,
liaising with academics, developing user education or managing stock.

Besides, I didn't know that I was destined for the excitement that is
Librarianship when I was filling in my UCCA form. ;-)

Rowena

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:57:06 +0000 "E.S. Rees"
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Rowena Macrae-Gibson
Subject Liaison Librarian
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex. UB8 3PH
tel: 01895 274000 ext2788
fax: 01895 203264
email: [log in to unmask]

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