Based on previous experience, I doubt this truly captures whether someone thinks of themselves as a librarian. I've always found those categories arbitrary (an MLS does not a librarian make) and sometimes divisive.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Andreas Orphanides <akorp...@ncsu.edu> wrote: > There's a different dues schedule for librarians (-slash-certification > required-slash-managerial) and "support staff", so along that dimension it > presumably gets tracked, at the very least. > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Cindi Blyberg <cindi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Honestly, I don't know if ALA tracks whether people have an MLS/related > > degree or if that's self-selected. I know folks who call themselves > > librarians but who aren't degreed--those would be self-selected. > > > > I'll see if we can find this out--I'm curious! > > > > -Cindi (wearing my LITA hat) > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Haitz, Lisa (haitzlm) < > > hait...@ucmail.uc.edu> wrote: > > > > > I'd be curious about something: how many LITA members are not > librarians? > > > I work in a library as a web developer, which includes a medical > library, > > > but I don’t have an MLS. So, question: is the Code4Lib list more open > to > > > technical folks, but not necessarily librarians? > > > > > > Lisa Haitz > > > University of Cincinnati Libraries > > > > > >
