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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious about all the posters on this list who are surprised that librarians hold master's degrees. As far as I know, MOST librarians have at least an M.A. in Library Science. And it's a no-joke degree.[/quote]

Thank you!  :D  Not sure where all the librarian hate is coming from. Although, as I librarian, I will say that when I was in library school, most of the teachers becoming media specialists were really just burnt out teachers that wanted out of the formal classroom. Maybe the hater has some inside knowledge or experience. [/quote]

I also noticed that trend in the media specialist students when I was getting my library degree. Being a librarian can mean so many different things that it's difficult to generalize anything about value. It's also difficult to describe what librarians (or library degree-holding info pros) can do, which is why I've largely given up trying to describe my job to anyone who doesn't use the services I provide. I am sure that the mystery surrounding librarians' role in creating and maintaining library technology and curating the overwhelming amount of resources we can all access only exacerbates the problem of perceived value. While it's important to advocate for our professions I am getting exhausted of it and spending too much time offering explanations takes away from actual work, which is never in short supply. Has anyone else in another field found a way to deal with this?[/quote]

Public health has a similar problem.  Need marketers/lobbyists/PR I guess.[/quote]

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