Further Questions: Would you hire someone with a MLIS for a paraprofessional position?

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This week I asked people who hire librarians:

Would you hire someone with a MLIS for a paraprofessional position (e.g. assistant, clerk, page)? If so, under what circumstances? If not why not?

I do this all the time.  We have a library school at our local university and our library system has a Student Librarian program.  Many of our student librarians want to stay in our system, but professional positions  don’t come up that often.  

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