Rachel Singer Gordon writes: “I’ve been disturbed for some time about the vehemence with which we emphasize the divide between MLS librarians and everyone else working in libraries. Dean Giustini’s recent post on the Google Scholar Blog decrying Library Journal’s decision to honor paraprofessionals with Movers & Shakers awards and asserting they don’t have the right to call themselves librarians simply reinforced what I hear when talking to groups of paraprofessionals or when surveying people for my books: Many non-MLS library workers are unappreciated, undervalued, and ignored.”
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