Re: "Slack Job" Reponse from Bridges

[Vickie Rabourn <VRABOURN@SLCUSD.ORG>]

FYI - @Bridges sent the following reply to my letter:

Thanks Vickie! Some very solid suggestions that we will certainly take =
into
consideration when attempting to profile this career field on @Bridges in
the future.=20

As you will have read, we have decided that the "Slack Job of the Week"
articles are just not an effective means of promoting a career, as there =
is
too much about the career it doesn't cover.=20

Our more lengthy @Bridges articles do achieve this, and seem to get very
positive responses, so we believe we will be sticking with this type of
profile for the immediate future (until our crew has a chance to give
everything a more in-depth evaluation).

Again, the support we have received from our
librarian/teacher-librarian/media specialist viewers has been incredible,
and we know it has provided us with an invaluable opportunity to consider
the @Bridges website from a new perspective.

Thanks again for your comments, Vickie! I hope you have a wonderful
afternoon! :-)

Warm regards,

Michelle

Michelle Kooistra
Interactive Services Coordinator
Bridges.com

7B-1404 Hunter Court
Kelowna, B.C. V1X 6E6
Phone: 1.800.281.1168
Fax: 1.888.349.3437=20
E-mail: mkooistra@bridges.com=20
Internet: http://www.bridges.com=20

"North America's leading provider of career and educational planning
solutions."
=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vickie Rabourn [mailto:VRABOURN@slcusd.org]=20
> Sent: 01/May/2001 11:16 AM
> To: info@bridges.com=20
> Subject: Librarian Lifestyles
>=20
> I'm sorry you got so much flack from librarians about the=20
> Slack Job of the Week on librarians.  I just read the cached=20
> article via google.  I'm a librarian and I actually liked the=20
> article.  Though it does not give a fully accurate view of=20
> the job, much of it was true, and I felt like it would=20
> encourage young people to enter the profession. I'm sorry=20
> they no longer have easy access to the article.  Perhaps you=20
> could do more research, get a more complete and accurate=20
> picture, and write a new one.  If you do, it would be best to=20
> distinguish between school librarians, public librarians,=20
> library clerks, library technicians, etc, etc.  There's a=20
> world of difference.  For example, earning a Masters in=20
> Library and Information Science to work in a public or=20
> special library and earning a teaching credential=20
> and a library services credential to work with students in
> California as a "teacher-librarian," are totally different ball
> games.  I know.  I've played them both.
>=20
> Vickie Rabourn
> Los Osos Middle School Librarian
> San Luis Coastal USD
> San Luis Obispo County, CA
>=20
> "And he reads to them, as he does every night,=20
> as if watering them, as if turning earth at their feet."
>                                                       =20
> --James Salter                 =20

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