[11919] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
the MLS the MIS problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thom Gillespie)
Fri Jan 9 20:15:48 1998
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 18:05:33 -0600
From: Thom Gillespie <thom@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01IS4ZIGDEMW0004OH@Post-Office.UH.EDU>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Thom Gillespie <thom@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Below is a response which was sent to me by a person who is a student and
also works in library technical services. This is not the only response of
this kind I've received just a particularly well reasoned and written
response.
Thoughts? -- Thom
> As a student seeking an MLS, I have sought all of the automation courses
> available. The library school offers too few. Certainly not enough to
> even be adaquate to deal with the day to day problems with the OPACS,
> Internet PCs and umpteen CD-ROM applications. I attempted to take a few
> courses in the MIS school, but they barred me from doing so, stating
> that the demand for their courses is so high that they have difficulty
> seating their own students much less those from other programs.
> I am very interested in library automation and wish to gain the
> knowledge and skills necessary to the task, but I have not been able to
> find a way to do so. That is, unless I pursue a second education in
> MIS. In that case, I wonder whether I would be interested in settling
> for the comparatively paltry salaries available in library settings. It
> seems that the library MIS problem is a monster created by many hands.
