{"id":40581,"date":"2013-09-27T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T16:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=40581"},"modified":"2013-09-27T14:05:06","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T18:05:06","slug":"what-makes-you-a-librarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=40581","title":{"rendered":"What Makes You a Librarian?"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Nena Schvaneveldt, Head Editor, INALJ Utah<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

What Makes You a Librarian?<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"NenaS\"<\/a>I had no dilemma about calling myself a librarian when I was the only one around with The Master’s and not working in a library. It\u2019s when I was a library assistant that it got complicated.<\/p>\n

On one hand, I had the degree. I was a librarian.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the other hand, I was doing a paraprofessional job – definitely NOT a librarian.<\/strong> The last thing I wanted was to confuse people by referring to myself as a librarian and reiterating the misconception that sitting at a desk in a library makes one a librarian.<\/p>\n

So I decided that I was half of a librarian.<\/p>\n

Is librarianship a list of qualities or traits? Is it professional duties or a salary or certain hours or a job title? Is it official when the requirements include a master\u2019s and you have one? Do you consider yourself a librarian? If so, what did it take? Is there even a right answer to this?<\/p>\n

This is an age-old question with tons of debate – at what point does one become a librarian?<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Nena Schvaneveldt, Head Editor, INALJ Utah What Makes You a Librarian? I had no dilemma about calling myself a librarian when I was the only one around with The Master’s and not working in a library. It\u2019s when I was a library assistant that it got complicated. On one hand, I had the degree.…<\/p>\n

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