Fister, Barbara. Google's Digitization Project: What Difference Will it Make? Library Issues, 25(4). March 2005. http://www.libraryissues.com/pub/LI250004.asp ...
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Laura Kortz
lkortz@...
Mar 1, 2005 7:17 pm
Having worked at both public and academic libraries I have to go out on a limb here and say that I think public libraries (and librarians) generally speaking ...
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Nathan Parker
nparker@...
Mar 1, 2005 7:35 pm
Ms Frank, We (public library staff) like Distance Learners as much as we like our other learners. From my perspective all learners are from the same distance:...
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Kristina Womack
romtina2000@...
Mar 1, 2005 7:51 pm
Sorry to only share some more anecdotal information here, but I have had a very negative experience in regards to a public librarian and distance education. I...
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Rudy Leon
rudileon@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:02 pm
That's not just at public libraries! I worked at the university reference desk while in library school, and we had a standing policy of not helping students...
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Holly Sammons
sammons@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:09 pm
Never ask a public librarian a question related to your studies again? Wow, that seems like a fairly drastic response to one negative experience. As a public...
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Susan Barb
sdbarb@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:13 pm
Kristina, it seems a shame that you have cut off contact with all public librarians due to the actions of one. Not every public librarian would have responded...
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Ann Grafstein
Ann.J.Grafstein@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:18 pm
Hi, As an academic librarian, I really must jump in here. I think I understand what Laura is talking about, but it really doesn't match my experience in 3...
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Nora Wikoff
nwikoff@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:19 pm
This is also in response to the critique about public librarians, and the writer's intent never to contact a public librarian again. What if you end up working...
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Moffitt, Nellie S CIV
nellie.moffitt@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:19 pm
I often relate our profession to that of the restaurant industry --- in both, customers get mad and do not say a thing -- they just walk away and never come...
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Kevil, L H.
KevilL@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:49 pm
This just happened to me this morning. A student in our library skills class came up asking for help with a question that could be answered in one of five...
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Stephanie Willen Brown
swbrown@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:56 pm
As someone who teaches the intro to reference course (for Simmons GSLIS), I *do* want librarians to help my students. I would expect a specific kind of help...
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O'Brien, Anna-marie
annamarie_obrien@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:58 pm
When I first started library school, I too was a bit surprised that the reference librarians at my university library would not answer any questions about my...
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Kristina Womack
romtina2000@...
Mar 1, 2005 9:05 pm
It is not quite that drastic, that I "have cut off contact with all public librarians due to the actions of one". Of course I still use my public library for...
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laplend
laplend@...
Mar 1, 2005 9:12 pm
Hello All: Any member of an academic library is invited to participate in this online survey entitled An Online Survey of Academic Librarians Whose Libraries...
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Leslie Haas
leslie.haas@...
Mar 1, 2005 9:20 pm
As a student I was told that I was not suppose to ask the librarians for help, that the expectation was I had the materials and discussion from class and that...
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Tim Schreiber
tschreib@...
Mar 1, 2005 9:40 pm
I heard similar stories at the academic library where I went to library school. Some of my classmates were flatly refused service because they were library...
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Nathan Parker
nparker@...
Mar 1, 2005 9:48 pm
MS Womack et.al. The position taken by many public libraries does not permit us to distinguish why you ask your question. Distance learners are no different...
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Michele Mizejewski
michele.mizejewski@...
Mar 1, 2005 10:35 pm
I have to disagree with the statement, "It is not a librarian's job to police WHY someone needs information-- and frankly, it's none of our business, either."...
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Sara Weissman
weissman@...
Mar 1, 2005 10:57 pm
... Perhaps ask student "what type of tool do you think might answer this?" ..take her to shelves and indicate a range of books and say "you may find what you...
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TerryRomaniuk
tjr1@...
Mar 1, 2005 11:00 pm
I'm am MLIS candidate at the U of Alberta. I'm finding this debate a bit bemusing. Our library and school are separate entities, but have a close working...
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Matthew R. Marsteller
matthewm@...
Mar 1, 2005 11:39 pm
I can remember the base libraries from my Navy days. Often they were the friendliest places to be on base. I have to admit though ... I liked Baskin Robbins...
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Matthew R. Marsteller
matthewm@...
Mar 1, 2005 11:53 pm
As someone that teaches reference (we call it "Information Sources and Services"), I'd be a little tweaked-off if I knew a student was bugging for help....
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Sara Weissman
weissman@...
Mar 1, 2005 11:53 pm
Did end-of-month stats this AM... volume of reference, per se, not changing, but format is. Seeing continued movement from phone to e-mail, both for initiation...
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Matthew R. Marsteller
matthewm@...
Mar 2, 2005 12:04 am
Yeah ... that would be okay ... as long as you let go of that wing at the earliest possible moment after the lightbulb goes on. --On Tuesday, March 01, 2005...
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Sarah Haman
sercher@...
Mar 2, 2005 12:12 am
Sara, Thanks for posting this and for the resulting discussion. As a public librarian I have been disturbed that local and distance ed students hadn't been...
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Susan Ware
saw4@...
Mar 2, 2005 12:40 am
I've found that a key factor in increasing college student consultation with their "home" librarians is the endorsement of their instructors. If faculty...
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Lorri Mon
lmon@...
Mar 2, 2005 12:45 am
On the discussion about distance students and libraries, I've also wondered whether distance students are perhaps only vaguely aware of services at their own...
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Sara Weissman
weissman@...
Mar 2, 2005 1:29 am
... real, friendly people who are offering help - will they be more likely to try out the services? Some distance learning students simply aren't entirely...
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Lorena O'English
oenglish@...
Mar 2, 2005 1:58 am
There can be legal/policy considerations that may discourage academic librarians from directly referring distance students enrolled at their institution to...
