<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">If our last rounds were any indication, candidates with online credentials are definitely in the majority, i.e., I'd say at least half and maybe as high as 2/3 of all applicants had degrees from distance (i.e., super low residency) or 100% online programs.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Deborah J. Leslie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DJLeslie@folger.edu" target="_blank">DJLeslie@folger.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks, Mike. Do you have a sense of the proportion of applicants who present themselves with online program credentials?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#31849b">Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | <a href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu" target="_blank">djleslie@folger.edu</a> | <a href="tel:202.675-0369" value="+12026750369" target="_blank">202.675-0369</a> | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | www. <a href="http://folger.edu" target="_blank">folger.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Garabedian<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 09 May 2014 16:21<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Off-topic: online library school program<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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I work at a liberal arts college library, not a cultural heritage institution, but FWIW I think the days when people (my sometimes elitist self included) may have looked askance at an MLS degree from an online program are long gone. There's perhaps an analogy
to be drawn with online dating -- it's pretty much de rigeur now.<u></u><u></u></p>
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Two of our new librarians here got their degrees from the San Jose State program within the past five years, and I was on the hiring committee for both. The fact that they did online programs not only was not an issue, it didn't even come up for discussion.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Deborah J. Leslie <<a href="mailto:DJLeslie@folger.edu" target="_blank">DJLeslie@folger.edu</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">I apologize in advance for sending something off-topic to this list, but I'd get scolded for sending it to rbms-l and don't want to send
it to ExLibris because you never know what firebomb is going to come out of left field.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">A talented, promising young man who works at the Folger has decided to go to Library School and has applied to online programs. He's
interested in working in cultural heritage institutions, and wants to make sure he's getting good value for his money before committing himself. Specifically, he wonders whether an degree from an online program could actually hurt his application. Given what
he wants to do and where he's been working (and flourishing!), I don't think it would, as long as its accreditation status is solid.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">But I'm just one person, and I know he would like to talk to others who could give him good advice. Thoughts? </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Thanks for indulging me,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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202.675-0369</a> | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | www. <a href="http://folger.edu" target="_blank">
folger.edu</a></span><span style="color:#888888"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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