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Dear Lisa I hear what you are saying but there seems to be an implication that going to university (or whatever you call the place where you get that degree) gives you all the answers so that you enter your library as a "finished product" able to do every aspect of the job to a high standard every time. Even with that degree, there are always going to be parts of the job that we, as individuals, will struggle with - that is why the human condition means we are lifelong learners. We cannot and never will be prepared for everything, and no university course can cover everything that we need to be able to go into a library as a complete package. As humans, let alone teachers, I believe it is our responsibility to assist those who may be struggling in an area that we have expertise. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and the person who cannot catalogue may be a brilliant teacher. Acclaimed Australian author, Jackie French acknowledges that she is dyslexic and was concerned that this would be a barrier to her writing, until someone pointed out "that's what secretaries are for". The original question related to employing someone before their degree is finished; all the respondents have insisted that a degree in the field is an essential. But universities have to put a package together that covers what they determine to be the essentials which meet a certain standard of intellectual rigour (and no two universities have the same package); and which fits within a time and price budget and they will never ever be able to fit everything we need to know within that package. Yes, in terms of advocacy, the ideal is that no one is employed without "their package" but at least, in this situation, the school acknowledges the importance of the package. The main problem is with those schools who don't see it as necessary at all. Barbara Barbara Braxton Teacher Librarian COOMA NSW 2630 AUSTRALIA E. barbara.288@bigpond.com Together we learn from each other 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------