Others publish little or not at all, but make major contributions on their campus and in professional organizations that are charting the course of their work or their discipline. For still others, their careers will include a mix of publications and activities. She feels they are very out of touch. I don't know whether that would have happened if we'd gotten professorial titles. On the whole, I'm glad we never risked it.
Publishing is valuable.
I've done a little, and nothing has taught me more about my work. I'd encourage everyone to consider it. But many of our finest librarians have made their key contributions in other arenas, and have learned and have given as much or more thereby. We need that. If they all had to divert their energies to trying to publish, when all their natural thrust was in another direction, our libraries would be much the poorer for it.