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Library staff: the paraprofessional
librarians

Library staff: the paraprofessional

Not everyone who works in a library is a librarian. Librarians must have a masters degree in library science. Once …Read the Rest

Sustainability at the library
librarians

Sustainability at the library

Libraries are going green. Considering how many other organizations are going green these days that is not exactly startling news. …Read the Rest

What is a library? What one element is required?
librarians

What is a library? What one element is required?

Most people, I suppose, think of a building when they think of a library, but a library doesn’t need a …Read the Rest

Helping the reference librarian help you
librarians

Helping the reference librarian help you

Do you need help answering a question? Ask a librarian. Specifically, ask a reference librarian. You’ll usually find at least …Read the Rest

The librarian’s job
librarians

The librarian’s job

According to an old stereotype, a librarian is a socially awkward woman with bad hair who checks out books to …Read the Rest

Libraries open children’s minds
librarians

Libraries open children’s minds

According to the Children’s Reading Foundation, “It takes hundreds of hours of ‘lap time’ for a child to acquire the …Read the Rest

Ask a librarian: help the librarian help you
librarians

Ask a librarian: help the librarian help you

Far beyond the collection, the equipment, or the building, the defining attribute of the library is the presence of librarians. …Read the Rest

Promoting corporate libraries
librarians

Promoting corporate libraries

I received a comment on an earlier post from a man whose wife–a hospital librarian–just got laid off, ending library …Read the Rest

Why do we still need libraries?
librarians

Why do we still need libraries?

People have been asking that question for at least 20 years. I first became aware in the late 1980s that …Read the Rest

How not to do research
information literacy

How not to do research

Here are some posts from a thread on an email list I follow. I am deleting anything that could identify …Read the Rest

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