But it's obvious that the median program is a diploma mill churning out graduates who have no business working in libraries; will never work in one; and who seem astonished & perplexed when they realize their degree is worthless!

We keep clinging to the ALA-accredited master's degree as our gatekeeping credential...

Maybe it's selection bias of the kind of person who posts questions on Reddit, but the kinds of posts I see suggest that the library schools are admitting a lot of people who seem, to be frank, either not very bright or who lack the basic interpersonal traits needed to succeed in the field.

Yo chill out, we are on the same team. All I did was point out there's a more effective way to achieve your goal. I have called my legislators many times over the years. Being an effective activist means being open to learning what works as well as learning from what doesn't.

That way you 1. Substitute an ineffective tactic (petition) with an effective one (phone call) and 2. Target the people who currently hold the power (Republicans) instead of wasting time on people who don't (Democrats). (2/2)

Thanks! With a little tweaking, I think you could achieve your goal. Encourage people represented by a Republican in the House and/or Senate to call their legislator, express their opinion, and ask for a written response. (1/2)

I mean people represented by Republicans should definitely call their Republican legislators. Emails are very easy for Hill staff to ignore. Calls much less so.

*46 senators, not 27, sorry!

i appreciate your explaining. What, then, are the reasons? Because people seem to be under the impression that signing the petition is going to be useful in some way.

If you are represented by one of the 212 House Democrats or 27 Democratic-caucusing Senators, it's a waste of their time and yours to email them about the CDC Library because there's literally nothing they can do about it. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news! (2/2)

The evidence synthesis part of this is what Campbell Collaboration does: www.campbellcollaboration.org. Checking to see if they already have a review on the topic is a good starting point: www.campbellcollaboration.org/evidence. For health interventions, Cochrane does the same thing.

Hear hear! Thank you for standing firm on the rezoning. It has so much potential to improve our neighborhood and to help restrain the upward rent spiral our community is facing.

question, why do we need to send a copy to Alder Martin? It was my understanding that he supports the rezoning. Has that changed?

... And in many cases because they may have been taught incorrectly - sometimes by librarians! - that it's wrong to Google things. (2/2)

I should rephrase - "crazy" isn't the best word to describe nurse questions. They are looking for evidence to inform their decisionmaking. Unfortunately that evidence often doesn't exist because research funding priorities are generally set by physicians, not bedside nurses... (1/2)

I always feel weird starting with Google because that's what the requester would already have done, right? I'm finding these types of requests are the perfect use case for AI tools like Perplexity.