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What makes a great librarian?

What makes a great librarian?. Or, what makes a librarian OUTSTANDING in the field?. Let’s start with the OED ! A volunteer, please. Greats and outstandings you have known - in any and all fields … What made them so? [ Could it depend on where you’re standing?]. Hmmm ….

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What makes a great librarian?

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  1. What makes a great librarian? Or, what makes a librarian OUTSTANDING in the field?

  2. Let’s start with the OED!A volunteer, please.

  3. Greats and outstandings you have known - in any and all fields …What made them so?[Could it depend on where you’re standing?]

  4. Hmmm … • Which are accomplishments? • Which are personal/interpersonal qualities? • Which are skills?

  5. Which apply to librarians? Why?

  6. How do the ads read?

  7. About our principles … • Service • Intellectual freedom • Privacy • Intellectual property rights • Respect, fairness, good faith • Institutional interests • Professional duties • ExcellenceALA Code of Ethics

  8. ?? Articles ?? • Long, Kat. (2004) "Revenge of the Librarians" Bust, Spring 2004. • "Breaking the Mold: Information Professionals as Action Figures and Reality Show Characters. What's Next...a Nude Librarian Calendar? Yes!" Information Outlook, Feb 2004.

  9. Websites to peruse (or not!) • Rogue Librarian (.php not.cfm) • New Breed Librarian (not http://www.newbreedlibrarian.org) • The Shifted Librarian (note the date and the disclaimer) • Library Journal Movers & Shakers (all shook up?) • You don't look like a librarian!

  10. Search:“librarian stereotype”

  11. Final thoughts?

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