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QUESTION: Radical-friendly MLS program?

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Hey there. I'm looking at MLS/MLIS/etc. programs and would like to know which, if any, library schools are particularly friendly to the aspiring radical librarian. I am interested in rural libraries, so I'm particularly concerned with developing the skills necessary to make radical programming (& collection development) work in conservative communities.

More generally, did your MLIS program help you to develop the practical skills you've needed in your work, rather than just discussing theory?

location / localización: 
philadelphia, pa
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radical and rural

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I can only speak for my own program (Dominican University), which I would not describe as radical, although I had several professors who wer

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Radical-friendly MLS programs

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I'm going to back off a bit from source citation mode, since this is a collegial sort of question.

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Scholarships to St. Johns

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"St. John’s Division of Library & Information Science is funding 40 full scholarships for students interested in earning their MLS with an emphasis on engaging underserved children and their families in using public libraries, school media centers, and museums." http://dwarfurl.com/ef0f9

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