Comments on: Thinking Waaay Outside the Box: Embedded Librarians and Emerging Roles

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:12:00 +0000

The article recently published in Forbes was very misleading and the study’s design wasn’t transparent; it, unfortunately, however, did reconfirm misconceptions about our profession. The positive side: librarians are redefining themselves: I’ve worked as a medical writer for the past 7 years and recently rejoined the library community… Why I got the job as a medical writer: I had industry research experience, the customer realized I was very good at researching and writing, and, very importantly, I can find information – authoritative information. Now more than ever, your information skills are necessary. Definitely think outside of the box, or the library.

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Library Friday! « lovelylikebeestings — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:09:55 +0000

[...] finally, in light of last week’s Library Friday, a response to the Forbes article which states that an MLS/MSLS/MLIS is the worst Masters degree you could get [...]

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Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:05:05 +0000

[...] It all started when a member of an email list I’m on posted a link to a Forbes magazine blog item that billed the Master’s in Library Science as the “worst” Master’s degree to get in toda… [...]

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By: Claire Burke

Claire Burke — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:12:58 +0000

I like the idea of being part librarian and part something else. I used to think this was bad, that any MLS worth their salt would be 100% librarian. Now after being in the trenches a while after graduation, I think it creates more inroads to be a librarian and something else.