Looking back to my first post of the semester (Introduction
and Assertions), I must say my assertions about the LIS profession are not
as naïve or ill informed as I expected them to be. All three of my assertions
remain to a certain extent true, even after gaining so much knowledge of the
LIS profession throughout the course of the semester.
Just as a
reminder, here are my three assertions and a brief description of what I said
about them:
Librarians are
underestimated.
Most people do not realize what librarians actually do and
consequently, they underestimate their abilities and/or the importance of their
work.
The LIS profession is
a vicious circle of learning.
As an LIS professional, you never really stop learning or at
least, you should never stop learning. Considering how much the profession has
changed and will change, it is integral to keep adapting by gaining new skills
wherever you can.
The LIS field is
growing and relevant.
Although the LIS field is changing a lot because of
technology, it is also expanding to allow more room for future and current
professionals to make sense of all this information that is floating around.
In hindsight, the only assertion that I would tweak would be
the first, “librarians are underestimated.” I still think this is true to a
certain extent but I would prefer to expand it beyond just “librarians.” A more
appropriate assertion would be “People are often ignorant of the LIS profession
and wrongly underestimate it.” It is the
LIS profession as a whole that gets underestimated, not just librarians.
The thing that has struck me the most about the LIS
profession is the diversity of it. There are so many different areas of
specialization and so many possible work environments. I always looked forward
to reading the class discussion boards because of the diversity in opinion and
experience. I truly believe that it is this diversity that will keep the
profession growing and relevant.
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