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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:02:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Aspiring Map Librarian <fwd>
Sender: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]>
Hi April, thanks for the message and your
opinion. Actually here at U.Buffalo the library
program has independent studies. I forgot to
mention to Anthony, I have had large numberrs
of library students in the map collection learning
one on one the art of map librarianship.
Ernie Woodson buffalo
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:38:39 +0100
> From: "Carlucci, April" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: Aspiring Map Librarian <fwd>
> Sender: "Carlucci, April" <[log in to unmask]>
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>
>
> Can I disagree with Ernie and agree with Scott and offer my opinion that
> being a *librarian* (as in M.L.S.) is the basic requirement. Without the
> basic training in library science, you end up re-inventing the wheel--and it
> usually ends up a square wheel at that. Also, along the lines of Scott's
> remarks, it is pretty difficult to find a course in map librarianship, but
> you can gain valuable experience in school via an internship or independent
> study.
>
> April Carlucci
> British Library Map Library (ex-NYPL Map Div and Rutgers University Library)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 17 July 2001 21:34
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Aspiring Map Librarian <fwd>
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 09:35:37 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Aspiring Map Librarian <fwd>
> Sender: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Hello map people, That is very good advice
> coming from Scott. GIS and paper maps are important,
> but being a geographer is the basic requirement.
> I have been lucky to teach maps and be a librarian
> for 30 years. Ernie Woodson Map Collection
> University at Buffalo
>
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
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> > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:18:34 -0400
> > From: Scott McEathron <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: RE: Aspiring Map Librarian <fwd>
> > Sender: Scott McEathron <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Anthony,
> >
> > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee worked for me. I would chose a good
> > library school with a well established map library and at a University
> with
> > an academic department(s) that teaches GIS courses on campus. Finding a
> map
> > library you can work in to gain experience and making some professional
> > contacts is probably more important than taking a course in map
> > librarianship. You may be able to take an independent study, internship
> or
> > fieldwork course from a map librarian on campus as well. University of
> > Illinois at Urbana-Champaign would probably be good, as would be many
> others
> > I do not know about.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Scott R. McEathron
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 3:56 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Aspiring Map Librarian <fwd>
> >
> >
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> > Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:20:59 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Anthony Tedeschi <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Aspiring Map Librarian
> > Sender: Anthony Tedeschi <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> >
> > My name is Anthony and I am a recent graduate of
> > Rutgers University's geography department. I plan on
> > applying to graduate schools for Library Science in
> > the Fall 2002. I have examined various MLS programs,
> > but am having a hard time discerning what exactly a
> > good program entails for training as a map librarian.
> > I am hoping that those in-the-know could offer me
> > advice as to which schools would be be preferable in
> > regards to MLS training for a career as a map
> > librarian. Please respond to this e-mail address
> > ([log in to unmask]). I look forward to reading any
> > and all input. Thank you all for your time.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > A. Tedeschi
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Languor is underrated. Bone-lazy idleness, hours spent staring at the sky
> &
> > remembering books and birthdays & great kisses: this is the pure pleasure
> > that eludes the productive in all their confident superiority.
> > --Kevin
> > Patterson
> >
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