Why Should Employers Hire Degreed Librarians?
Rumor has it that the mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, wants to save money by hiring non-degreed librarians. A colleague of mine is meeting with him about this on Thursday and wants some ammo to use in that meeting. She e-mailed a discussion list asking for hard information showing why degreed librarians are better than what he calls “smart college grads” to work in Jacksonville’s libraries.
She suggested e-mailing Mayor John Peyton directly at: jpeyton@coj.net.
I thought some of you out there might have some reasons worth sharing, so I asked her if it was okay for me to write about her request here. I’m thinking of a response now and will post it on this blog after I send it to her.
