The Liminal Librarian

I noticed that some of the bloggers referencing the “If it quacks like a librarian” post didn’t make it into trackbacks, so thought I’d make a list here so they’re all accessible from one place. If I missed yours, please comment here and I’ll add.

• Recognizing Professionals - The Hedgehog Librarian
• If it quacks like a librarian - Library Stuff
• better than I ever could - watz in a name
• Bow down and kiss my school ring you filthy paraprofessional - It’s raining frogs
• When’s a non-librarian a librarian? - Library Tech Confidential
• Does the MLS really mean anything? - New Librarians Blog
• The importance of an MLS - Gen Y Librarian
• If it quacks like a librarian - LibrarySupportStaff.org
• Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on - From the Desk of Judy Dark
• Uncontrolled Vocabulary #35 - Uncontrolled Vocabulary
• To MLS or not? That is the question - Reflections from a Small College Library
• What’s in a name? - Reflections from a Small College Library
• Re-evaluation - Reflections from a Small College Library
• The MLS or not debate - what’s in a name? rants and musings from your local librarian
• What makes a librarian? - The Beached Librarian
• Who is a Librarian? - The Searching Librarian
• Quacking the duck - Information Wants To Be Free
• acute vs. chronic, or how we’re all going down the drain - you’re so meta
• Moving. Shaking. - the.effing.librarian
• Is librarianship a profession? - Caveat Lector
• Guarding the borders - Caveat Lector
• Is librarianship a profession? - Random Access Mazar
• You Call it Being a Professional; Some of Us Call it Being an A$$hat - Circ and Serve
• What is a librarian? - Hyperborean Librarian
• The MLS Debate - What I Learned Today
• Hear, Hear! - BiblioBabble
• Quacking, and calling shenanigans - BiblioLove
• Bibliotecarios y Profesionales de la Información - Ágora…espacio comunitario
• Librarians and “Librarians” - Annoyed Librarian
• The Professionalism of Librarians - Logic is not a four letter word
• Do I really need an MLS? - Library Attack
• Chiming in On the Biggies - The Other Librarian
• La que se nos viene encima… - docu ¿qué?
• What makes a librarian a librarian? - Joeyanne Libraryanne
• It’s as simple as one, two, three. - dOg•sheeP’s i•braRy bloG

Some of these agree with my original points, some disagree, but I think this is an important conversation to have.