Comments on: Three quick random notes http://walt.lishost.org/2008/03/three-quick-random-notes/ The library voice of the radical middle. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anna Creech http://walt.lishost.org/2008/03/three-quick-random-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-32377 Anna Creech Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:13:45 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=748#comment-32377 “On the other hand, I’m a little astonished to find non-librarians scolding libraries for failing to run out and buy books that…” Ah, but he has more experience with the publishing world than most librarians and has gained significant knowledge about libraries due to his current project, or so he claims. Explanations as to why librarians might not agree with his assertions will be met with defensiveness and blind resistance to enlightenment.

I still think that if he had any idea of what academic library collection development is like, he’d change his tune and take my suggestion to provide us with better tools a little bit more seriously.

]]> By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2008/03/three-quick-random-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-32355 walt Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:08:42 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=748#comment-32355 Well, that and a post at Liminal and a long-running conversation at Publib.

]]> By: Suck My Library Thing http://walt.lishost.org/2008/03/three-quick-random-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-32354 Suck My Library Thing Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:43:47 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=748#comment-32354 Not enough trouble:
http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2008/03/getting-real-libraries-are-missing.php
is what you’re alluding to, no?

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