I don't disagree with that, that's for sure. What it DOES suggest is that the closest thing to tracking "librarian" vs "not" is likely how they self-identify for dues purposes, which means that the data is probably not so good.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Cindi Blyberg <cindi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
