Flying Solo? - Involve Your Patrons in Your Work; Involve Your Library in Theirs

摘要

In September 2003, fresh from receiving my master's degree in library science from the University of Missouri, I became the first professional librarian in a mid-sized law firm. Beginning my career as a solo librarian in a newly created position was intimidating, but it also offered an exciting opportunity. My goal was to increase our small library's usefulness, effectiveness, and visibility. The library is physically centered in the law firm, and a large number of employees pass through it daily. Iwanted the library's role to reflect its physical structure as a focal point of the office. An additional challenge was to accomplish this with our existing technology and without any large expenditures.