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- Libraries FAQ 2.1
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1107
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- Anthony Wilson
- paw@iglou.com
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- Libraries FAQ
- INDEX
- 1.0 Introduction
- 1.1 What is a FAQ?
- 1.2 Where can I find the latest version of the Libraries FAQ?
- 1.3 How can I contribute to the Libraries FAQ
- 1.4 What other FAQs might interest librarians and researchers?
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- 2.0 General Information About Libraries
- 2.1 What is a library?
- 2.2 What is library science?
- 2.3 What types of libraries are there?
- 2.4 How long have libraries been around?
- 2.5 How old is librarianship
- 2.6 Where can I get the latest news regarding libraries and library
- science?
- 3.0 Training & Education
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- 3.1 Where can I earn a degree in librarianship?
- 3.2 Where can I earn a library technician diploma?
- 3.3 Can I take courses or earn an accredited library degree through
- correspondence?
- 3.4 What conferences can I attend to keep my knowledge and skills up
- to
- date?
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- 4.0 Work
- 4.1 What distinguishes the work of shelvers, library assistants,
- library
- technicians and librarians?
- 4.2 Who decides the attitudes, policies and actions of libraries?
- 4.3 What can I do about mouse ball theft?
- 4.4 What's the latest word on book banning attempts in public
- libraries?
- 4.5 Where do librarians stand on the use of software filters to screen
- content on library Internet workstations?
- 4.6 Where can I get information on job openings in library science?
- 4.7 What are information brokers?
- 4.8 What are some alternative careers for librarians?
- 4.9 Where can I find information on contracting out and outsourcing
- library
- services?
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- 5.0 Classification
- 5.1 How does the Dewey decimal Classification (DDC) work?
- 5.2 What are the ten major classifications of the DDC?
- 5.3 What are the twenty major classes of Library of Congress?
- 5.4 What are the major Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) classes?
- 5.5 What are the ten major classes of Universal Decimal
- Classification?
- 5.6 What other classification systems are there?
- 5.7 How do I cite information I find on the Internet?
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- 6.0 Organizations
- 6.1 What organizations can I join to network with fellow
- professionals?
- 6.2 What organizations are there for LIS students?
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- 7.0 Culture
- 7.1 How did the "Marian the Librarian" stereotype start?
- 7.2 What happens when downtown New York's fiercest ruling party girl
- finds
- herself down and out working in a public library?
- 7.3 Can a werewolf be a librarian? Can she be happy?
- 7.4 Where can I find a list of sources of librarians in film?
- 7.5 Where can I find the lyrics for songs with libraries in them?
- 7.6 Who's the patron saint of librarians?
- 7.7 How many librarians does it take to change a light bulb?
- 7.8 Where can I get a list of sources of librarian images in comics?
- 7.9 Are there sci-fi novels where librarians have a prominent role?
- 7.10 Are there mystery novels where librarians have a prominent role?
- 7.11 What librarian is charged with helping Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- fight
- gouls, zombies, and other creatures of the night?"
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- 8.0 The Cyberstacks
- 8.1 Can I get answers to difficult reference questions through the
- internet?
- 8.2 What library related web resources are available?
- 8.3 What newsgroups are available?
- 8.4 Are there e-mail discussion groups for librarians?
- 8.5 Where can I find online journals?
- 8.6 Are there any IRC channels or chat forums that are specifically
- aimed at
- librarians?
- 8.7 Who are some of the prominent librarians writing about the
- Internet and
- digital libraries?
- 8.8 How can I become more comfortable using the Internet?
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- 9.0 Miscellanea
- 9.1 Where can I read more about librarianship?
- 9.2 Who is the Cool Library of the Week?
- 9.3 Does my library have a library cat?
- 9.4 Where can I find library-related clipart?
- 9.5 Where can I find free stuff for librarians and educators?
- 9.6 What is the biggest, or the first, or the oldest, or the most
- popular...etc.?
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- "Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of
- order,
- calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold,
- light
- nor dark. The pleasure they give is steady, unorgastic, reliable, deep
- and
- long-lasting. In any library in the world, I am at home,
- unselfconscious,
- still and absorbed."
- Germaine Greer
- "Still in Melbourne, January 1987" in Daddy, We Hardly Knew You (1989)
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- "Just because the f---er's got a library card doesn't make him Yoda."
- Brad Pitt as Detective Mills in the movie "Seven" (1995)
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- Copyright 1997 by Anthony Wilson (paw@iglou.com)
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- The Libraries FAQ may not be distributed for financial gain.
- The Libraries FAQ may not be included in commercial collections or
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