Terry wrote:
<The only thing that really prevents non-degreed library workers from <being
classified as librarians is the very same thing that prevents <truck drivers
from being Teamsters--combinations (of the people <who hire and promote
librarians) in restraint of (free)trade. That's
< the same thing that keeps Vidal Sassoon from cutting hair in <NYC--a bar to
free entry into the labor market.
I can't say that I understand the part about Vidal Sassoon. I am just
curious to know, however - would the situation be improved if there were an
exam to pass for state boards of some sort? Some kind of equivalent to a bar
exam? In that case, the MLS would not be the requirement, the knowledge of
the subject would (as for an attorney, I presume). I would also assume that
with this kind of licensure, unlicensed people would be "practicing without a
license", something which carries high penalties in the legal and medical
worlds.
Alison Hendon
alisonmh@aol.com
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