LJ Teaching Award 2008: Rick J. Block By John N. Berry III - 11/15/2008
Despite his “day job” and a heavy schedule of classroom teaching, Rick J. Block finds time and intense energy to be the mentor, internship supervisor, and individual advisor to the students who fill every available seat in his classes at two LIS programs. In addition to his position as head of special collections and metadata cataloging at the Columbia University Libraries, Block te...
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LJ Series "Job Satisfaction": Take This Job and Love It By Andrew Richard Albanese - 02/01/2008
“You don't get rich,” says one librarian from a large university in the Pacific Northwest about her work, “but you are rewarded in so many ways.” Another, from the Northeast, says she enjoys “creating order out of chaos.” Many say they are book lovers. Others love the intellectual atmosphere.
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