Comments on: Accountability and Acts of Professional Classification http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/12/23/accountability-and-acts-of-professional-classification/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan Rochkind http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/12/23/accountability-and-acts-of-professional-classification/comment-page-1/#comment-14165 Jonathan Rochkind Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:58:03 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/12/23/accountability-and-acts-of-professional-classification/#comment-14165 Hmm. Librarians (academic or otherwise), unlike linguists and LIKE doctors or lawyers, DO interact with the public as part of their jobs. The job of a librarian, like that of most lawyers or doctors, is _inherently_ a service job, providing a service to clients or customers, and necessarily interacting with them. The key point of the your first Hutton quote seems to be that linguists are NOT that. That is why "They do not have to explain themselves, or what they are doing, to others qua specialists". No? So I'm not sure I'm buying the analogy to librarians. On the other hand, I'm always open to a new explanation of the nature of the crisis of librarianship, because there is clearly is one (or several), and it/they could use some explaining. Hmm. Librarians (academic or otherwise), unlike linguists and LIKE doctors or lawyers, DO interact with the public as part of their jobs. The job of a librarian, like that of most lawyers or doctors, is _inherently_ a service job, providing a service to clients or customers, and necessarily interacting with them.

The key point of the your first Hutton quote seems to be that linguists are NOT that. That is why “They do not have to explain themselves, or what they are doing, to others qua specialists”. No?

So I’m not sure I’m buying the analogy to librarians.

On the other hand, I’m always open to a new explanation of the nature of the crisis of librarianship, because there is clearly is one (or several), and it/they could use some explaining.

]]> By: Katie http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/12/23/accountability-and-acts-of-professional-classification/comment-page-1/#comment-14146 Katie Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:04:16 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/12/23/accountability-and-acts-of-professional-classification/#comment-14146 I left a comment on one of your previous posts. I do not know who you are, but you indicated that you spoke with Mark Moss on December 6, 2007. I am Sarah Reed's sister - please read the comment I wrote on your post concerning her family - I knew all of them. I left a comment on one of your previous posts. I do not know who you are, but you indicated that you spoke with Mark Moss on December 6, 2007. I am Sarah Reed’s sister – please read the comment I wrote on your post concerning her family – I knew all of them.

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