"Ok, sure. We've all got our little preconceived notions about what librarians are and what they do. Many people think of them as diminutive civil servants, scuttling about "Sssh-ing" people and stamping things. Well, think again buster.
Librarians have degrees. They go to graduate school for Information Science and become masters of data systems and human/computer interaction. Librarians can catalog anything from an onion to a dog's ear. They could catalog you. Librarians wield unfathomable power. With a flip of the wrist they can hide your dissertation behind piles of old Field and Stream magazines. They can find data for your term paper that you never knew existed. They may even point you toward new and appropriate subject headings.
People become librarians because they know too much. Their knowledge extends beyond mere categories. They cannot be confined to disciplines. Librarians are all-knowing and all-seeing. They bring order to chaos. They bring wisdom and culture to the masses. They preserve every aspect of human knowledge. Librarians rule. And they will kick the crap out of anyone who says otherwise."
http://www.librarianavengers.org/worship.shtml
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I am getting a doctorate in information science. I have a masters in information, w/a concentration in information economics, management and policy. Before returning for the PhD, I worked on national technology policy, including helping the Fed Elections Commission revision online campaigning. I did this with a new version of a library degree that's becoming popular, the information degree. My classmates are computer scientists, psychologists, human-computer interaction researchers, digital librarians (how do you think all these scanned documents are gonna be catagorized and searchable online, fella?), and, yes, old fashioned librarians who still believe in libraries as a public good or understand the need for academic or corporate libraries (you don't get around much do you, if you aren't aware of the use of digital knowledge systems in corporate environments - managed by librarians).
I don't consider myself a 'real' librarian, but I'm part of the information profession and I stand up for my peeps.
Clearly I was dicussing university libraries.