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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791586503321

Autore

Swigger Boyd Keith <1943->

Titolo

The MLS Project [[electronic resource] ] : an assessment after sixty years / / Boyd Keith Swigger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-71368-X

9786612713682

0-8108-7704-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Disciplina

020.711

Soggetti

Library education - United States - Evaluation

Library schools - Accreditation - United States

Librarians - Certification - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Ch01. An Overview of the MLS Project; Ch02. Goals of the MLS Project; Ch03. Librarians' Standing: Status, Prestige, and Income; Ch04. Recruitment of New Librarians; Ch05. Intellectual Foundations and Library Schools; Ch06. Librarians' Work; Ch07. Librarians and Professionalism; Ch08. What Could Be Done?; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book documents the shortcomings of the MLS project-an ill-conceived approach to a situation that no longer exists-and suggests a new approach to professionalism for librarians.