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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></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.<o:p></o:p></span></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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Thanks for indulging me,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Deborah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#31849B">Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie@folger.edu | 202.675-0369 | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | www. folger.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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