Librarians as digital authors and publishers
- ISSN: 10417915
Abstract
As I discussed in the introductory installment of this column back in January 2000 p. 54, one part of digital librarianship is digital publishing. And it is a very important partone that can enrich all of us as users, because some of the best digital resources are made available by librarians, sometimes with the help of a traditional publisher, sometimes totally on their own. When I am researching a topic I dont know much about, or trying to find the best ready-reference sources related to, say, regulatory issues of dietary supplements, I almost always start with a Web resource prepared by a librarian or group of librarians. Of course, I am biased toward librarians, being one myself, and, having taught more than a thousand of them, I trust their competence, and I am only rarely disappointed.
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