by KimBoo York | Jan 23, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS ProjectHere Swigger breaks down his negative analysis of the outcomes assessment of the MLS Project: Recognition of the MLS as a prestige/status degree of higher learning and competencies: By focusing all...
by KimBoo York | Jan 16, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS Project “Instead of the progressive training in librarianship envisioned in 1948, with technical courses at the undergraduate level and professional courses at the master’s level, the master’s programs now...
by KimBoo York | Jan 12, 2012 | Information Science
In the History of Text Technology grad seminar I took last semester, I had to give a short (two minute) presentation relating a modern art book to a 6,000 year old cuneiform tablet, using the theme “all technology is social networking.” It really...
by KimBoo York | Jan 9, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS ProjectChapters 3 (Librarians’ Standing: Status, Prestige, and Income) and 4 (Recruitment of New Librarians): “The goal of improved standing involved an enhancement of rewards and the regard in which society...
by KimBoo York | Jan 5, 2012 | Information Science, From the archives
Do you date anything you write? These days computers automatically time stamp everything for us, so it’s not much of a consideration when you write an email, but what about that ephemera that swirls through your life? All those birthday cards, grocery lists, research...
by KimBoo York | Jan 2, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS ProjectThis was the most eye-opening chapter for me, because it clearly demonstrated that the issues that created the MLS Project sixty years ago are the same damn issues we are fussing about today. Common...
