The MLS: For the Public Good or for Our Good?.

Cottam, Keith M.

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Publication Date: 1986

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The MLS: For the Public Good or for Our Good?

Cottam, Keith M.

Library Journal, v111 n3 p111-14 Feb 15 1986

This essay on the issue of qualifications for librarianship highlights debate over the Master of Library Science (MLS) as legitimate academic credential or minimum qualification, use of the MLS, change and new directions that are transforming field of librarianship, nonlibrarian specialists, and professional role and behavior. Ten sources are given. (EJS)

Descriptors: Credentials, Graduate Study, Librarians, Library Education, Library Science, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs, Professional Education, Professional Recognition, Standards

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