I may get in trouble but what is communication for.  These last two
posts did not indicate any skills of librarians that require a masters
degree to learn, yet most library positions require the masters. I made no
comment about your level of pay- I merely stated that the typical
librarian was overqualified.  I believe eveyone except coprporate CEOs are
underpayed.


 On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Indianapolis Art Center wrote:

> At 09:28 AM 7/31/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >I've always felt librarian's were overpayed.  The fact that a masters
> >degree is typically required is simply a function of lobbying by
> >librarians- it is like certification for barbers- anyone can cut hair and
> >anyone can shelf books.  I think that the reference librarian probably
> >requires a degree (a BS) but  and we would have much more money for books
> >if we
> >turned out all the overqualified librarians
>
> Whoa, them's fightin' words.  I have half a mind to forward this to ARLIS-L
> and see them tear you apart!  Professional librarians are RESOURCE
> PROFESSIONALS and are as underpaid as museum staff.  How would you like
> someone to say that museum staff is overpaid because anyone can dust the
> paintings?
>
>
> Julia Moore
> Indianapolis Art Center
>

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