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Good Luck, Mr. Weiss!

Stephen C. Weiss, documents librarian at Utah State University Library announced his retirement in a June 13, 2007 govdoc-l posting. Bernadine Abbott Hoduski, someone I consider to be the institutional memory for the profession of documents librarianship had this praise in a govdoc-l post of her own:

Steve is a truly dedicated, courageous documents librarian. He has taken on many a government agency to persuade them to send their publications to depository libraries. He helped build one of the finest documents collections in the country. Thanks for your lifetime of work Steve.
Indeed, FGI thanks you as well for your life of service. And we're glad to hear that you will keep up with Internet Quick Reference. Continue reading

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Pat Ragains: Docs Librarian in the News

Pat Ragains, Business and Government Information Center librarian at the University of Nevada Reno Library, was quoted in a Reno Gazette Journal article about patent resources at UNR. According to the article, "The University of Nevada, Reno library is one of 80 sites in the nation that is an official Patent & Trademark Depository Library" and has been helping patrons since 1983. Pat, congratulations on the getting the word out about UNR's valuable holdings! Do you know of a media story highlighting some sort of government documents depository? Let us know! Continue reading

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“Librarian” Legislation Introduced in U.S. Congress, The LIBRARIAN Act

Over on our ResourceShelf site, my colleague, Shirl Kennedy, offers a bunch of links to the recently introduced: S. 1121 and H.R. 1877. News Release:

The legislation co-sponsored by Senators Jack Reed and (D-RI) and Thad Cochran (R-MS), "to address the shortage of librarians in low-income areas across the country."
Track the Legislation as it Moves through Congress with GovTrack Bill #'s: S. 1121 ||| RSS Feed H.R. 1877 ||| RSS Feed Continue reading

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