“Pinking and Pulling”: Reflections on Academic Librarianship

“Pinking and Pulling”: Reflections on Academic Librarianship

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Introverts? Extroverts? Does it Matter?
The pieces I’ve written so far may have left the impression that library catalogers and other workers in Technical Services departments (these days…
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From the “Back of the House” to the Dining Room: How is a Library Like a Restaurant?
Technical Services vs. Public Services in Libraries
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The Morrison Library: My Dream Job!
The Perfect Place for Me....
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"But that's how we've always done it!"
Resistance to the imminent arrival of library automation
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Coffee, Tea, Donuts and Danish...
In the Library? Yes, every morning!
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Let's Go Fiche-ing!
Microfiche slithers its way into the UC Berkeley Library
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Retrospective Conversion
What was it? Some sort of ecstatic religious transformation, such as St. Paul famously experienced on the road to Damascus?
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“Pinking and Pulling”: Reflections on Academic Librarianship
“Pinking and Pulling”: Reflections on Academic Librarianship
...my journey through six decades as an academic librarian living through incredible transformations in the library world.
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