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Re: Article in Chronicle of Higher Ed



Beth Harris wrote:

> Faculty will never encourage talented
> students toward the archival profession if they think it's just an
> unimportant second class desk job for faculty wanna-be's.  We don't need
> that and it seems that an educated person such as Ms. Young would recognize
> the importance of archives but clearly that's not the case.  Ms. Young
> should look for another job if she feels her current position is beneath her.

Look, let's call a spade a shovel, shall we? The archival and academic librarian professions really
ARE "[relatively] unimportant second class desk job[s] for faculty wanna-be's." We exist for them
and the students; they don't exist for us. That's the way it should be.

And THIS faculty wanna-be is not going to look for another job. I love mine too much -- even though
I fully recognize its subordinate nature, status, and function.

Cheers!

Eric

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