Bottom line, your new library staffers come from a profession that intends to endure, that plans to be in business forever. If you want to set the same goal for your business, then you might want to heed their advice. Sticking to high standards of quality in data development and never taking advantage of customers may lose you some quick bucks today, but they can also guarantee you ll still be doing business as long as there s an Internet. On the other hand, if gathering intelligence for your long-term business strategy always includes a quick check of extradition laws around the world, then perhaps you and your new staffers have some issues to work out. Start off with one.
Librarians are breeders.
If you have a good one, you can use that librarian to find more. Those first ones can also help you develop good working procedures and policies, teach you their language, and expand your notions of what these new Wonder Workers can do. In any case, they represent a great way to get started with part-time help or to quickly expand staff for emergencies. For your second, third, and 50th librarians, you might turn to library schools. One final factor.