I value them a lot. They strike me as the one necessary function of a
library, and, at best, something of a force-multiplier for everything
else the library does. I also think they—or more properly the tools
and technologies of their profession—are holding libraries back.
Can you go into any more detail?
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Shirley Lincicum
<shirley.lincicum_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I just got out of a really frustrating meeting with the director of my
> library. I'm left wondering, does anybody out there (other than
> catalogers) value anything that catalogers do? Or are catalogers the
> main thing holding libraries back in this day and age?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shirley
>
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