June 1, 2009 (Vol. 15, No. 15) – President’s Message
June 5, 2009
***Message from your OLA President
“Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.” (Mark Twain)
But reading about library catalogs can! I’ve just finished the Spring, 2009 issue of our OLA Quarterly entitled “Library Catalogs and Other Discovery Tools.” What a great issue to remind me of what I love about being a librarian. There’s just so many interesting avenues to go down, things to learn, inspiration to be gained from these articles by absolutely-in-another-zone-than-I Oregon librarians. The explorations and decisions and re-thinking about catalogs and finding tools were intriguing to get familiar with. The accumulated effect impressed me with what collaborative, professional, forward-thinking, user-oriented people are fostering access to information in Oregon and Northwest libraries. My appreciation to editors Laura Zeigen and Janet Crum (OHSU), and authors Repplinger, Dahl, Larsen, Michel, Reese, Guidry, and Allison-Bunnell. Perpetual beta–my new approach to work and life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_beta)!
Mary Ginnane, OLA President, mary.j.ginnane@ci.eugene.or.us
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