tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147027827959013220.post3868907717619301649..comments2023-11-02T21:28:16.517+11:00Comments on Derek's ALIA Blog: Existential issues for librariansDerek Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13998830708231021495noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147027827959013220.post-35423129770627030462007-08-03T13:19:00.000+10:002007-08-03T13:19:00.000+10:00Dynamic Librarian: http://dynamiclibrarian.wordpre...Dynamic Librarian: http://dynamiclibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/zero-based-library-school/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147027827959013220.post-88227912485849212602007-08-03T13:16:00.000+10:002007-08-03T13:16:00.000+10:00Hmm ... difficult to follow such insightful respon...Hmm ... difficult to follow such insightful responses, but I'll try to do them justice.<BR/><BR/>Firstly, Dana, I agree with you wholeheartedly that the way to build skills in <I>any</I> profession is to layer on-the-job training over a thorough critical and theoretical education. I have heard the argument Derek mentions before, that librarians learn <I>all</I> their skills on the job, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147027827959013220.post-85332696208020013312007-08-02T17:43:00.000+10:002007-08-02T17:43:00.000+10:00One question that I'm always keen to ask other lib...One question that I'm always keen to ask other librarians, and often helps explain their varying attitudes to the industry, is <I>Why did you become a librarian?</I><BR/><BR/>For some, it is a love of books, for others it is an almost compulsive desire to classify and put resources in order. It could be a passion to bring social equality by assisting underprivileged communities in literacy and lib_idolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887547089876625807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147027827959013220.post-1845677621863979392007-08-02T17:33:00.000+10:002007-08-02T17:33:00.000+10:00Most professionals in any occupation learn their s...Most professionals in <I>any</I> occupation learn their skills by doing them. My formal education in my field was a total of one course at the end of my computing degree; that one course, as much as giving me a philosphical grounding in the user-centred approach, revealed to me what it was I wanted to do with my education. The rest of it I learned by diong studies, by analysing software, by Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780078248820280419noreply@blogger.com