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Interview with our Contributing Editors, Heidi Hanson and Zoe Stewart‐Marshall

Julia Gelfand (Co‐editor of Library Hi Tech News and is the Applied Sciences & Engineering Librarian at the University of California, Irvine Libraries. (jgelfand@uci.edu))
Heidi Hanson (Systems Librarian at the University of Maryland Libraries. (hhanson@umd.edu))
Zoe Stewart‐Marshall (Database Enrichment Librarian at Cornell University Libraries. (es254@cornell.edu))

Library Hi Tech News

ISSN: 0741-9058

Article publication date: 1 April 2006

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Abstract

Purpose

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To introduce contributing editors of LHTN to our readers – where do they get their ideas and what range of professional responsibilities they current have is part of this interview.

Design/methodology/approach

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The article is an interview of the contributing editors.

Findings

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There are mammoth challenges in the nature of our work in large research libraries and staying informed and making what we do relevant to library users is definitely central to their thinking.

Practical implications

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Trying to stay on top of new trends and technologies and contributing to an infrastructure that is user‐centered are common themes in this interview.

Originality/value

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Making collections accessible and the resources of the online catalog and its records as flawless as possible is not an easy task as shared by the subjects of this interview.

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Citation

Gelfand, J., Hanson, H. and Stewart‐Marshall, Z. (2006), "Interview with our Contributing Editors, Heidi Hanson and Zoe Stewart‐Marshall", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 23 No. 4, pp. 14-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050610674721

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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