In response to Carolyn's question about which
credentials are "better," as a Ph.D. candidate in
history, I'm getting excluded from consideration for
many archivist positions because I do not have the
MLS, though I am academically and professionally
trained to be an archivist. 

I don't think that there's a right way to go about
becoming an archivist -- whether it's from a graduate
history perspective or a MLS perspective. This has
long been a debate in the archival world.

Beth Moser

A. Elizabeth Moser
Ph.D. Candidate, History
NAU
Box 6023
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6023

Date:    Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:19:10 +0000
From:    Carolyn Vega <[log in to unmask]>


I am a girl getting ready to start her MLS / Archives
Certificate 
Program, 
and I want to be an archivist!  Am I going about this
all wrong?!  Is 
it 
better to have a MA or PhD in history with training in
archival work?  
Or do 
institutions want librarians as archvists?  Everyone
says something 
different & I don't know which way to go... and I'm
scheduled to start 
the 
MLS in the Fall.

Thanks,
Carolyn

A. Elizabeth Moser
Ph.D. Candidate, History
NAU
Box 6023
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6023
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