Point taken inasmuch as we have to work in a certain prevailing climate
(one which is unremittingly hostile to us greedy public servants, for
instance). I do think the balance CILIP has to strike is weighted far
too heavily on the defeatist let's-all-conform-out-of-sheer-terror side,
though. Geraint was on the money about those enticing CILIP courses too
(I'm surprised nobody's told him to set up a Highlands Branch of CILIP
yet).
Off for the weekend now...
Mike Morris, Librarian, ISCA
51 Banbury Rd., Oxford OX2 6PE 01865 274671
-----Original Message-----
From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julian Dawson
Sent: 16 January 2004 16:50
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Subject: Re: LIS gazette: Watson
Leaving aside the issues of revalidation, I regretfully work in a
commercial
environment where it is not simply sufficient to quietly and competently
get
on with the job. In a rapidly changing economic environment, one has to
make
sure you are seen and heard and that you market yourself vigorously. I
know
of competent and hard working colleagues that have lost their jobs
because
people in higher management didn't know what contribution they were
making
to the business. And I'm not talking about librarians here.
Julian Dawson
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