Library and Information Science: The Good Fight

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Beth Jacoby

This is happening elsewhere in different forms. At my institution, the President & then Provost decided no new librarians would have faculty status. (This is the same President whose mission when she stepped foot on campus was to dismantle the library and plan a new "commons" building to replace the physical library with a new student union that looks like a mall. How sad to see how far academe has fallen.) Those of us with faculty status who earned tenure still have it, but as we retire or resign, new librarians are not getting faculty status. The irony is that our information literacy librarian, who TEACHES regularly, was hired without faculty status.

Posted : 2022-07-08 12:19:56


dee mosi

Tragic to see the dumbing down of America at the university level. Devaluing Librarians and the important roles they play is an unfortunate and disturbing decision. Intellectual Excellence as a university's goal is now replaced by what? Saving a few dollars? Reminds me of the decision maybe 8 years back of a private northeastern high school new Head Master to get rid of all the books & the librarian for a groovy Starbucks look. Five years later, he had to restore all the books & search for a librarian willing to take a risk on the "shiny new thing" Head Master.

Posted : 2022-07-07 19:48:07


David Tyler

Sad to see Texas A&M's Marian Paroo fall so easily and so quickly for Professor Harold Hill's con.

Posted : 2022-06-29 19:09:51


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