Comments on: The lure of the local (library association) http://acrlog.org/2008/05/01/the-lure-of-the-local-library-association/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephanie Willen Brown http://acrlog.org/2008/05/01/the-lure-of-the-local-library-association/comment-page-1/#comment-78510 Stephanie Willen Brown Fri, 02 May 2008 12:06:43 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=791#comment-78510 I agree. I attended my first state library convention this week (tho' I've been working in a library for 13 years), and it was very interesting. I had a long talk with a former student who's working for the NIH, touting PubMed at conferences, among other things. She told me about some upcoming PubMed training on toxicology that I wouldn't have heard about otherwise. I also spoke with a librarian from a local hospital who assured me that they fully participate in ILL and are happy to help patrons with all types of health questions. Again, something I wouldn't have known if I'd stayed in my academic tower. Conference-goers were predominently from public libraries, but I enjoyed thinking about our profession from another perspective, again outside of the academic tower. Thanks for the topic -- it's a good reminder to "play local" in addition to spending time with national colleagues. I agree. I attended my first state library convention this week (tho’ I’ve been working in a library for 13 years), and it was very interesting. I had a long talk with a former student who’s working for the NIH, touting PubMed at conferences, among other things. She told me about some upcoming PubMed training on toxicology that I wouldn’t have heard about otherwise. I also spoke with a librarian from a local hospital who assured me that they fully participate in ILL and are happy to help patrons with all types of health questions. Again, something I wouldn’t have known if I’d stayed in my academic tower.

Conference-goers were predominently from public libraries, but I enjoyed thinking about our profession from another perspective, again outside of the academic tower.

Thanks for the topic — it’s a good reminder to “play local” in addition to spending time with national colleagues.

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