Comments on: From Big Sky Country http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=18 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob Watson http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=18&cpage=1#comment-71 Bob Watson Mon, 08 May 2006 20:44:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=18#comment-71 I suggest a 6th challenge: defining what librarians do. Not only do various librarians do different things, but these different things (reference, reader's advisory, collection development, childrens services, etc.) are valued differently by various constituencies. <br/><br/>The hard-numbers folks aren't, I think, particularly enamored by our reader's advisory work; our avid fiction readers may not much care what our reference departments do.<br/><br/>(Waive toward Spokane for me!) I suggest a 6th challenge: defining what librarians do. Not only do various librarians do different things, but these different things (reference, reader’s advisory, collection development, childrens services, etc.) are valued differently by various constituencies.

The hard-numbers folks aren’t, I think, particularly enamored by our reader’s advisory work; our avid fiction readers may not much care what our reference departments do.

(Waive toward Spokane for me!)

]]> By: Rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=18&cpage=1#comment-70 Rachel Fri, 05 May 2006 01:18:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=18#comment-70 I'm originally from Spokane, WA (about 3 hours from Missoula here...), so it's kind of like coming home :). I’m originally from Spokane, WA (about 3 hours from Missoula here…), so it’s kind of like coming home :) .

]]> By: Laura http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=18&cpage=1#comment-69 Laura Thu, 04 May 2006 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=18#comment-69 Mountains! Yay! Mountains! Yay!

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