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Library Trends 46(3)
"The Roles of Professionals, Paraprofessionals, and Nonprofessionals: A
View from the Academy," edited by Sue Easun
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From the introduction of 46(3) by Sue Easun:
I myself have always been interested in big questions and have used them
as an opportunity for increasing self-awareness.  One of the biggest
questions I have faced as a library educator, and would undoubtedly face
were I to return to professional practice, concerns the obfuscated nature
of library work: who does what, and what does one call them?  Out of this
mind set came the idea for an Association for Library and Information
Science Education conference sesssion.  The idea for the subject of
"Library Work" was developed in tandem with a Curriculum SIG session,
co-convened by Marcella Genz and myself, at the 1995 ALISE conference.
The eight papers in this issue offer several points of departure, six by
authors affiliated with graduate level institutions and two with community
colleges.  
	If my introduction has served its purpose, you will be moved to
read each article in turn.  As you proceed, ask yourself whether the
worlds of professional and paraprofessional education are in any way
aligned, whether the "values and goals" implicit in each argument have
characteristics in common (or even should).  And when you have finished,
be sure to join us for Library Trends issue 47:4, where you will hear from
those who must uphold, through practice, what we in the Ivory Tower
purport to preach.  The second issue will feature the views of those who
hold library positions as professionals, paraprofessionals, and
nonprofessionals.  [While conceived as consecutive issues, scheduling
considerations have moved the second issue to Volume 47.]
						
Articles and authors in this issue:
* Introduction, Sue Easun
* Professionalism and the Future of Librarianship, Andrew Abbott
* Ethical Considerations Regarding Library Nonprofessionals: Competing
	Perspectives and Values, Thomas J. Froehlich
* Educating and Training Library Practitioners: A Comparative History
	with Trends and Recommendations, Anthony M. Wilson and Robert
	Hermanson
* Working the Reference Desk, Marcella D. Genz
* The Role of the Paraprofessional in Technical Services in Libraries,
	Lynne C. Howarth	
* Library Technician Programs: Skills-Oriented  Paraprofessional
	Education, Frances Davidson-Arnott and Deborah Kay
* Reorganizing Canadian Libraries: A Giant Step Back from the Front,
	Roma M. Harris and Victoria Marshall
* It's not Who We are but Where We are: Skating the Periphery versus
	Pushing the Envelope, Sue Easun     


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