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Re: Skirting the dreaded...



And then there's the guy who comes in and says, "I need this when you don't
have anything to do . . ."

A degree may not be needed in every case, but certainly superhuman levels of
patience and optimism.

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@hcea.net
http://www.hcea.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pope, Barbara" <bpope@STLCOP.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: Skirting the dreaded...


> Yes, I frequently get comments from people, usually family or
non-librarian
> friends, who ask what exactly it is I do all day? Oh, yeah, you're a
> librarian, so you must read a lot. No, I don't "read" books all day, but
> mostly magazines, articles about my job, email from other librarians,
etc.,
> etc. Yes, I also have been asked if I "really" need a master's degree to
do
> my job. I know some who don't, but they do usually have as many
> responsibilities or as much pay. The books I do get to read don't have
> anything to do with my job and I read them specifically to better myself.
>
> Barbara M. Pope, MLS
> Reference Librarian
> St. Louis College of Pharmacy
> 4588 Parkview Place
> St. Louis MO 63110
> (314) 367-8700 x. 1001
> FAX (314) 454-3382
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Katy Smith [mailto:ksmith@IMAIL.SLCL.LIB.MO.US]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:47 PM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Re: Skirting the dreaded...
>
>
> At least Eric "gets some respect"--the other day a patron asked me (at the
> reference desk) if one needed a college degree to do my job.  Ugh!
>
> Katy
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From:         "Jackson, Bill" <Bill.Jackson@HARLEY-DAVIDSON.COM>
> Reply-To:     "Jackson, Bill" <Bill.Jackson@HARLEY-DAVIDSON.COM>
> Date:         Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:37:43 -0600
>
> >
> >Just don't call me late for dinner, and I'm happy.
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S. [mailto:lufte@MAIL.UPSTATE.EDU]
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:29 PM
> >To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> >Subject: Re: Skirting the dreaded...
> >
> >
> >Dennis wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, but think about the possibilities! Who needs to use "CA" when
> >for a mere $500 you can call
> >> yourself an ARCHIVIST! ("I pledged my $500, so I can now call myself
> >an ARCHIVIST!" So much for
> >> graduate school!) I wonder if we could persuade them to create a "CA"
> >category for those who
> >> REALLY feel the need for those two letters (for a price, of course)...
> >
> >A lot of people call me an "archivist" even though I'm a rare book
> >librarian. They don't have a clue
> >about the difference. They just figure, "He deals with old stuff, so
> >he's an archivist." It's
> >absolutely futile for me to explain to them that it's not fair to REAL
> >archivists to call me an
> >"archivist," because I don't have that set of qualifications. They never
> >catch on.
> >
> >Bottom line: If you want to be called an "archivist," become a rare book
> >librarian!   ;->
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >--
> >
> >Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S.
> >Curator of Historical Collections, Health Sciences Library
> >SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
> ><http://web.upstate.edu/lufte/> -- 315-464-4585
> >Listowner: ALHHS-L <http://web.upstate.edu/lufte/alhhs-l.html>
> >For e-mail pertaining to libraries, librarianship, or the history of
> > medicine, please use <lufte@mail.upstate.edu> not <lufte@upstate.edu>
> >For all other e-mail, please use <gegensatz@alumni.bowdoin.edu>
> >
> >"Be always sure you're right, then go ahead."
> >                                          -- Davy Crockett
> >                                [Autobiography, 1834, title page]
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>
> --
> Katy Smith
> Reference Librarian
> Headquarters
> St. Louis County Library
> ksmith@slcl.lib.mo.us
>
> "A dog reflects the family life.  Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy
> family,
>  or a sad dog in a happy one?  Snarling people have snarling dogs,
> dangerous people have dangerous ones."
> ---Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"
>
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