[Publib] Downgrading the profession

[BStorck at aol.com]

Tell me please - can one become a Medical Doctor on line? an Architect? an  
Engineer? an Attorney? I suppose there are some schools that offer such degrees 
 and certification. Those professions require some kind of practicum, an  
internship, a product demonstrating skill - something that demonstrates a  
knowledge or skill. In my opinion part of the death knell sounded for  Librarianship 
comes from the notion that anyone can sit down at a computer and  become 
knowledgeable and demonstrate that knowledge and go to work as a  Librarian.
 
How can managers expect to get a reference for a candidate when the person  
or school fulfilling that request has never laid eyes on the candidate; has  
never heard him/her speaks; cannot verify that the individual uses good grammar  
and cannot even testify that the work done on the computer was actually the  
product of the individual in question.
 
If Librarianship as a profession is dead it may very well be that one of  the 
greatest tools for information sharing and retrieval caused the final  blow!  
Now it is up to us to insist that some changes are made so  credibility can 
be restored.
 
A Librarian - note the capital L.    Bernadette  Storck
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