Her job is to identify library resources for off-campus sites as well as library resources and institutions with which NSU is developing joint programs. The major transition from rare books to distance library services made a key change in Quinlan's thinking about her work. She now sees the accessibility of library resources any time, any place as a necessity. Carol Cooke, of the Health Sciences Library at the University of Manitoba, was fresh out of library school five years ago, and trying to set up a Gopher. Now 34, she's developed over 100 pages for her library's website.
More senior colleagues see it as a separate entity.
He's been a librarian for a bit over five years. He views this as a dangerous and critical time for libraries, one in which the value of our sources and services needs to be shown and promoted. Cynthia Wolff, Coordinator of Digital Applications at Brooklyn Polytechnic, sees web applications as increasing human interaction rather than reducing it. Over the years, my job has changed from someone passively performing a solicited service to one that involves reaching out to our users and collaborating with them. Wolff trains faculty and students in the use of the digital library and she also trains staff in using new applications as they become integrated into everyday work.