Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 11:51:21 -0500
From: JoAnne Deeken <djoanne@CLEMSON.EDU>
Subject: Re: the MLS as terminal degree (Dena Lahue)

The MLS is considered the terminal professional degree for librarians just
as the MFA is for Fine Arts people.  Both do offer a PhD, but the
profession's accepted terminal degree is what "counts."

JoAnne
>From: Dena Lahue <dlahue@FAULKNER.EDU>
>Subject: the MLS as terminal degree
>Sender: "SEREDIT:  SERIALST Editors" <SEREDIT@UVMVM.UVM.EDU>
>
>There have been some questions on our campus regarding the validity of the
>MLS being accepted as a terminal degree, in light of the fact that the Ph.D.
>is offered.  At Faulkner, this has a direct connection to salary scale and
>tenure.
>
>Would you please respond by telling me how your institutions view the MLS
>and any additional information you may have which will help address this
>concern?
>
>TIA,
>
>Dena Lahue                                              334-260-6209 ph.
>Public Services Librarian                               334-260-6299 fax
>Gus Nichols Library                                     dlahue@faulkner.edu
>Faulkner University
>Montgomery, AL 36109-3398

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JoAnne Deeken
Head, Acquisitions Unit
Clemson University
R.M. Cooper Library
Box 343001
Clemson, SC 29634-3001
V(864)656-1114
F(864)656-7156
djoanne@clemson.edu

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