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.