Thank you for the comment!  Yes, I do my own research and go to the library.
  I do want to come up with my own thesis topic.  I was just trying to get a
sense of what issues people cared about.
Jennifer Doyle



>From: Cate Cooney <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Thesis Topic
>Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 16:42:24 -0500
>
>Jennifer, and the rest of the list to boot,
>
>Here is my advice: read a lot, talk to your advisor and ask a reference
>librarian for assistance.  Do not ever expect anyone to come up with a
>topic for you. As a grad student you should be able to do that by now.
>
>I probably sound snotty as all get-out, but these messages asking for
>jobs and thesis topics are really surprising to me.  Don't people do
>their own research anymore?  Do students use libraries?  Couldn't they
>at least come up with a topic and ask for assistance with sources,
>or how to narrow it a bit?  Maybe Miss Doyle just worded her question
>poorly, and sent it without reading it over...  if so, I apologize!
>
>I don't want to stir up another argument along the lines of the
>Harmony/CIMI slanging match, but does this bother anyone else?  Am I
>grumpy and ungenerous?  As a librarian, I feel an obligation to share
>information and to educate, but I have never felt obligated to do
>another person's work for her.
>
>Cate Cooney
>Digital Projects Librarian
>(let's talk about smooshed pennies again, that was fun!)
>
>Jennifer Doyle wrote:
> >
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I am a graduate student in Arts Administration.  I am looking for a
>thesis
> > topic.  Politics and the arts is what I am most interested in, but I
>don't
> > know exactly what I would like to focus on.  I am working in development
>and
> > it would be best if I focused in that area.
> >
> > Does anyone have any helpful suggestions?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Jennifer Doyle
> >
> >
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