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delivery techniques like tablets, Nooks and Kindles; a larger public relations
oriented lobbying block may serve us well.
In conclusion, libraries have been collaborating for centuries; and the electronic era
represents a transition like the one from hand-illuminated manuscripts on vellum to
the printing press on paper. Collaboration in libraries occurs across locations, in
inter-library loan, through communication styles, across fields of study, and with
related professions joined for mutual benefit for the future.
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References:
*(1) Lawrence S. Guthrie II, “Monastic Cataloging and Classification and the
Beginnings of ’Class B’ at the Library of Congress” in Historical Aspects of
Cataloging And Classification,(Martin D. Joachim ed.) 450-451 (2003).
*(2) Larry Guthrie, “Tulsa City-County e-Library: The Library Can Become a Hub of
Knowledge for the City and County of Tulsa”, Urban Tulsa, Mar. 31, 2010 at 9.
*(3) Larry Guthrie, “Branch Libraries As Social Network For Tulsa”, Oklahoma
Eagle, January 28, 2011 at 2.