Re: [ARSCLIST] Foreign Credential question

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Adam Girard" <adamgirard@xxxxxx>
> Has anybody here had experience applying for jobs with Foreign 
> Credentials within the US?
> 
> The policy of the American Library Association (ALA) states:
> 
> "The master's degree from a program accredited by the American Library 
> Association (or from a master's level program in library and 
> information studies accredited or recognized by the appropriate 
> national body of another country) is the appropriate professional 
> degree for librarians."
> 
> Obviously this means that it is up to the employer to decide if an 
> applicant is qualified. Does anybody have personal experience about 
> what that means in practice?
> 
Well, all I've GOT is experience (looking after about 40,000 78's,
including setting up databases to catalog what I own...compiling
the standard reference guide for looking up dates...etc.)...one
unrelated degree (B.A. in math ed.) and 98.6 degrees from
Fahrenheit...and it seems to mean something approximating
the reciprocal of infinity...

Steven C. Barr