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technical services not in the basement?

Technical services departments are usually housed in the ugliest part of any library.  Technical services do the behind-the-scenes work of the library and don’t deal with the patrons, so are usually tucked away in the unattractive part of the library … Continue reading

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do you have any words of advice?

a library student intern from ucla recently asked me if i had any words of advice for someone young in the profession. i told her that the wisest thing i could advise her to do was to be considerate to … Continue reading

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books on electronic resource management

Here’s a mini-bibliography of monographs published on the subject of electronic resource management. Happy reading! If you know of one that I’ve left off the list, please leave a comment with the info. 2009. Jones, Wayne (ed.). E-journals Access and … Continue reading

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Standards are people!

Q: Who writes the standards? A: You do! This was my take-away message from the recent conference of the American Library Association.  The library world likes standardization, or formalizing the best way to exchange bits of information.  I attended quite … Continue reading

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