[Publib] No room at this table

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Once again, the MacArthur fellows have been announced.  Once again,  there 
are no librarians among the group.  Here's a fine question for a  library school 
discussion, or to spice up your next staff meeting:  Why  not?
 
Is it because librarians do not possess the right stuff?  The program  awards 
unrestricted fellowships "To talented individuals who have shown  
extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked  
capacity for self-direction.  There are three criteria for selection of  Fellows:  
exceptional creativity, promise for future advances based on a  track record of 
significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to  facilitate 
subsequent creative work."
 
Give that a bit of thought.  Is it the nature of the library as a  service 
institution or the nature of librarians adhering to  traditional standards of 
self-effacing service?  Perhaps ignorance or  prejudice on the part of the 
selectors?  Last:  When you look at the  profiles of this year's Fellows, think of 
how much research most of them had to  do in the library to attempt their own 
work.
 
See:
_http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.855229/k.63D6/Macarthur_Foundati
on_Home.htm_ 
(http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.855229/k.63D6/Macarthur_Foundation_Home.htm) 
 
Michael McGrorty



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