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Main Author: Bak, Greg
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2002
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ673388
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  • "The Greatest Librarians of the World...Were Not Graduates of Library School." Bak, Greg Credentials Foreign Countries Higher Education Librarians Library Education Library Schools Library Science Professional Development Professional Personnel Lacking a regional library school in the 1930s, librarians of the Maritime Library Institute (MLI) did not view themselves as inferior to the "trained librarians" of central Canada, but crafted a professional identity through mutual support and shared expertise. This essay discusses creation of the MLI; transforming the Maritime Library Association (MLA); defining professional credentials; and professional development and professional identity in the Maritimes. (AEF)