Shared by Prof. Andrew Jackson— Food for thought indeed! Begin forwarded message:

From: "Jackson, Andrew P" <Andrew.P.Jackson@queenslibrary.org> Subject: FW: Senate Passes 10 Year Term for Librarian of Congress Date: October 20, 2015 at 4:06:29 PM EDT To: "c2perry@nyc.rr.com" <c2perry@nyc.rr.com>

Something interesting to share and discuss with our students. How do we feel about the lifetime term being changed to 10 year terms? Will we ever have a degreed librarian fill this position? aj From: The Black Caucus of the American Library Association [BCALA@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU] on behalf of Fenton, Michele [mfenton@LIBRARY.IN.GOV] Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 8:33 AM To: BCALA@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU Subject: [BCALA] Senate Passes 10 Year Term for Librarian of Congress

Senate Passes 10 Year Term for Librarian of Congress / by Bob Warburton http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/10/technology/senate-passes-10-year-term-f...

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