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Happy Hour with Information Professionals

November 17th, 2006 8:07 am —  114 views

A student organization met for happy hour at a local brew pub last night and I dropped by to mingle. I actually went to share stories with a fellow student and to discuss our impression of the School of Information and it happened that this group was meeting around the same time so we joined in.

There were more familiar faces than I imagined there would be. A number of the folks there are in one or both of my classes. This afforded the opportunity to talk about our assignments and perspectives on the professors and other students. I value hearing how others are processing things and I appreciate the unique backgrounds and experience everybody brings “to the table”. The beer was good, the glasses dirty, the company diverse and intelligent.

The subject in class this week was professionalism and ethics. It’s true that “Information Professional” is not a recognized vocation (yet) like Doctor, Lawyer or Dentist. One of ideas that I came away with from lecture and discussion section is that a profession is more recognizable if the ethics of the profession are well known. We considered what it means to be an Information Professional and what ethical questions are involved.

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  1. Dawn King on November 19th, 2006 8:40 am

    Glad it was fun. Once I got to the car I realized I had only enough gas to go home, and that the dog awaited me, and that I was cold and tired. And that I could be all the way home by 7:30 and so I opted not to wait around in Ann Arbor. But I’m glad it was a good time!

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