SOIS UWM Responds to "Recent Job Postings and Discussions"

March 17, 2008 - 5:52pm — Anonymous Patron (not verified)

The School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has posted a formal response on WISPUBLIB to recent questions about "the professional status of the Master of Library and Information Science degree." Excerpt:

"We urge those making personnel and budgetary decisions to maintain the professional status that communities expect and deserve in their libraries by providing a living wage that recognizes the value of trained librarians."

Not specified by name in the UWM-SOIS post: Marathon County Public Library. In February 2008, the Wausau (Wisconsin) Daily Herald reported that Marathon County Public Library demoted three librarians because "librarians today do less complex work."