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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:37:34 -0800
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- From: Michael Reagan MREAGAN <VFOAO007@VAX.CSUN.EDU>
- Subject: RE: The Fire Extinguisher, Plea
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- Amen, amen, amen!
-
- I'm a regular reader of circplus, usually not posting, but replying to sender
- on some of the survey items. Circ folk seem to be reasonably flameproof, and
- ever so playful.
-
- For the record, I have an M.L.S., and double in reference, bibliographic
- instruction, and library governance arenas, but as circ coordinator I consider
- myself one of the warehousemen (politically incorrect, but I just turned fifty
- and have given myself a curmudgeon license).
-
- My experience is that librarians without M.L.S. are often more effective than
- some with M.L.S. My mother was such a librarian, having taken a statewide
- exam for librarian in New Jersey in the thirties. She had finished high
- school at night while working to help support her family, and the exam posting
- did not indicate an education requirement. She scored eighth in the state,
- and was the only one who passed who did not have a library degree. She served
- as a librarian in a branch of the Jersey City P.L., but migrated to California
- in late 1940. Her exam standing was, of course, not transferable, so she
- packed crackers until shortly before I was born, then did the full time Mama
- bit. Spunky lady; I miss her.
-
- I didn't mean to get into that, just to say I appreciate the playfulness of
- Circplus as well as the solid information content.
-
- Whoops, lost my .sig file -- Michael Reagan CSU Northridge
- MReagan@vax.csun.edu
-