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Caveat Lector & Is librarianship a profession?

sallyjacobs rated 7 months ago
Library School: Not just for smart people. I knew some people in library school who were, I'm sorry, dumb as a box of rocks....they concentrated in a certain specialty which I won't name (but we all know what it is, don't we, librarians?). Yes. Yes we do, Dorothea. Case in p...

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sallyjacobs rated 7 months ago
Library School: Not just for smart people. I knew some people in library school who were, I'm sorry, dumb as a box of rocks....they concentrated in a certain specialty which I won't name (but we all know what it is, don't we, librarians?). Yes. Yes we do, Dorothea. Case in point: The library student in my Reference class (ca. 1995) who never read The Onion because she didn't get that it was satire. Didn't. Catch. That. Crucial. Point. She asked me why I was laughing out loud while reading a newspaper. Let's just hope she didn't go into a career in Reference.