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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Ruth and All Classicists: In my angry remarks to Mr. D. I called the classics "cold dust and hard marble." In being snide to HIM, I may well have unintentionally offended some colleagues in the classics that I hold in high regard. Study of the classics is of critical importance to the world's knowledge. The field requires a highly educated person who must know classical art, architecture and archeology, know paleography, read either Greek or Latin (or both) as well as other languages, deal with cumbersome technology (Dyabola, for example), and, in the case of librarians, be PERSONABLE. I can honestly say that when I took my first graduate level course in Greek Art, the instructor was so PERSONABLE and ENTHUSIASTIC as well as knowledgable, that I could have easily traveled the classics path myself. Dr. Frances Stearns' manner and encouragement with her students in 1983 was contagious! Had she been a person of the type Mr. D. demonstrated via his messages, all of her students would have detested her and left that classics course with low regard for the field. My angry characterization of the field as "cold and dust" is a stereotype that was intended only for Mr. D. He stated that he was RETREATING from our profession, FACING the challenges we all face in our profession, and FLEEING to the assumed comfort of another field. He will, I am sure, discover that every discipline has its challenges and negative moments. And that is part of the point about the MANNER in which Mr. D. began this whole discussion. He did not come across as a PERSONABLE man; rather as a person who is exceedingly angry and unhappy with people. I think it would be a good idea to include stereotyping in the discussion because all of us librarians continue to suffer from it. Even the L-word is being dropped! Ruth and others, please accept my sincere apology. Ray Anne Lockard Ruth Thomas wrote: > I hope Rayanne's characterization of the classics as ""dust and cold > marble" can be part of the proposed panel! > > Ruth S. Thomas > Archaeology, Art, Art History, Classics Bibliographer > Mugar Memorial Library > Boston University > 771 Commonwealth Ave. > Boston, MA 02215 > (617)353-3714 > > __________________________________________________________________ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > to [log in to unmask] > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] -- Ray Anne Lockard, Head Librarian Frick Fine Arts Library University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Voice: 412-648-2411 Fax: 412-648-7568 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] "A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." Ezra Pound __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]