In defense of the MLS (Sort of) « You Ought to be Ashamed officially this was supposed to be a Point-Counterpoint type collaboration between me and Terry—he giving the argument for alternative paths towards a professional archives position, including the kind of introductory-level training that he describes, and me arguing for the traditional value of the MLS/MLIS/MARA as a professional qualification. Unfortunately, having read Terry’s excellent post<http://eatingouryoung.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/how-to-become-an-archivist-in-ten-short-years-take-one/>, I am having a hard time disagreeing with his vision of an alternate path to professionalism. Awkward. http://bit.ly/rN0fGm Source: http://eatingouryoung.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/in-defense-of-the-mls-sort-of/ See if people are clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/rN0fGm+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va http://twitter.com/RAINbyte http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RAINbyte/ http://paper.li/RAINbyte/rainbyte Information not relevant for my reply has been deleted to reduce the electronic footprint and to save the sanity of digest subscribers List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
