http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2006/12/09/cataloger-or-head-of-reference/ A blog about family, technology, and libraries Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2006/12/09/cataloger-or-head-of-reference/comment-page-1/#comment-1936 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:04:03 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=524#comment-1936 Are you really serious? I don't think I can name a librarian cataloger in our large library consortium who doesn't at least occasionally serve reference duty. I myself was a cataloger who did reference shifts... around these parts the two jobs are considered as going hand-in hand. How can you do one job without having at least some understanding of the other? Are you really serious? I don’t think I can name a librarian cataloger in our large library consortium who doesn’t at least occasionally serve reference duty. I myself was a cataloger who did reference shifts… around these parts the two jobs are considered as going hand-in hand. How can you do one job without having at least some understanding of the other?

]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2006/12/09/cataloger-or-head-of-reference/comment-page-1/#comment-1935 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:24:11 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=524#comment-1935 Oh, I don't know. When my wife was head of cataloging for a public library, back a few years ago, she also signed up for a few hours of reference desk work each week--and loved it. (On the other hand, she never got a reference librarian to take up the other half of the bet, to work in cataloging a couple of hours a week.) When she became a small academic library director, she made a point of doing front-desk work on a regular basis. So some people do mix the two temperaments. Oh, I don’t know. When my wife was head of cataloging for a public library, back a few years ago, she also signed up for a few hours of reference desk work each week–and loved it. (On the other hand, she never got a reference librarian to take up the other half of the bet, to work in cataloging a couple of hours a week.) When she became a small academic library director, she made a point of doing front-desk work on a regular basis. So some people do mix the two temperaments.

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