PhD for your thoughts?
I'm curious what academic librarians are thinking regarding a potentially not-to-distant trend that would require a degree beyond your MISt and perhaps a second Master's in order to be truly competitive in academic librarianship?
At Super Conference 09 I attended a session on the future of academic librarianship. Interestingly, during the Q & A, an attendee who had a doctorate was considering academic librarianship. The panelists said that she would be highly competitive, and that the nature of her specialized knowledge was exactly what is going to be most favoured going forward in working directly with faculty.
It all makes me wonder what will be expected in this area of librarianship going forward. Are we already well past the ability to work within academic settings if we solely have an undergraduate degree and an MISt? My main interest when I started my degree was this area of librarianship, but I feel like I may be missing the boat.


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