Excerpt from October 26 Closed Stacks post, "Go the Distance": The problem is not with distance education, that is serving to balance things out, and make sure that all libraries have staff who want to be there and are trained to the same level. The problem is with the misinformation that ALA insists on putting out there in terms of job availability. When a potential student is doing career research and the major agency in that field says there will be jobs– why would a person not believe it? What ALA is looking at is how many librarians will be able to retire, not how many will, how many can actually afford to, and ALA of all agencies should know–librarians don’t retire. (This has gotta be tongue-in-cheek, right?)Let's see; I know some recently retired Wisconsin librarians.
Kris Adams Wendt
Barb Kelly
Pat Chevis
Vicki Cothroll
Hans Jensen
Bernie Bellin
Joan Mueller
Bea Lebal
Louise Bauer
Loretta Harmatuck
Willieen Tretheway
Rosemary Kilbridge (announced)
Katie Schulz (announced)
Oh, and me, of course.
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