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Indeed, I do feel like an old man after chasing De...

2009-04-29T10:35:00.000-04:00

Indeed, I do feel like an old man after chasing Denali around then hanging with the hipster librarians in training. The demographic is still the same, for good and bad. It's a striking epitome of social stratification (in a lot of areas) when one looks at the two programs (and don't get me started on the bifurcation between LS and IS). Increasingly, though, there is a lot of cross-pollination between the local LS programs. I always wonder about other schools/programs outside of NC too...the ones that seem "cutting edge" or more multi-disciplinary. Grass is always greener I suppose.

Ha! Don't know about that. I took Shaw's class i...

2009-04-28T22:07:00.000-04:00

Ha! Don't know about that.

I took Shaw's class in library evaluation. It was strange on many levels: much more theoretical than anything I had at NCCU, lots of math and formulas. But he was very bright and passionate about the subject.

What was really weird was the disconnect from attending UNC-CH in the morning and then an evening class at NCCU. Aside from the obvious racial make-up disparity, it was also an age thing, meaning that all of the students at UNC were younger than me (though not by too much, but still, few had experience working full-time in a library). Then I'd go to NCCU in the evening and everyone was older, for the most part, and they were all full-time in libraries.

Are you the old man there? ;)

Alan, you are far and away the moral vanguard of l...

2009-04-28T21:38:00.000-04:00

Alan, you are far and away the moral vanguard of librarianship. I'm serious. Dr. Shaw is no longer around, though I have heard of Dr. Shaw from faculty. Which class?

Hey -- mine made the list too! Only, it's the lis...

2009-04-28T08:06:00.000-04:00

Hey -- mine made the list too! Only, it's the list of unranked ones. I did take one class at SLIS, so maybe I'll be ok. Dr. Shaw still there?