[Publib] Library Administration

Tue Jun 3 09:05:05 EDT 2008

His posts are too reminiscent of Don Saklad's rants about the Boston Public Library.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with those, just Google!

Nann
@the library in Zion, Illinois

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Carolyn Pennington
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 3:57 PM
To: Roger Carswell; publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] Library Administration

I agree! At first I wondered if perhaps he was a foreign student--the
first posts were almost incoherent! Now they are just mind-numbingly
boring!

Pennysworth

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[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Roger Carswell
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 3:50 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] Library Administration

Two key points are 1) He seemed clueless and 2) His spelling/grammar was
a mess.  Not the best image to project to an audience containing
potential colleagues and employers.

At 02:06 PM 5/30/2008, Marita C. Masuch wrote:

>Perhaps I am just jaded but I disagree as far as the "eager student in
>need of an experienced mentor" since Ron has not actually responded to
>any post as of this point (that I have seen anyway).  He appears to
>just be attempting to fulfill a requirement as quickly and easily as
>possible.  Therefore, I would indeed wonder if I were a future employer

>what his work ethic may be if this is how he approached a school
>assignment.  We are not talking high school; we are talking graduate
>school where I would at least expect more effort since this is most
>likely a career choice and not a teenager counting his days before his
>summer break.
>