Open AccessLagniappe: Volunteering in Libraries: An Insider's View, An E-mail Conversation with Elizabeth J. Laney
Author(s) -
Libby Grey
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
north carolina libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2379-4305
pISSN - 0029-2540
DOI - 10.3776/ncl.v62i1.156
Subject(s) - cataloging , insider , conversation , library science , chapel , czech , school library , work (physics) , sociology , political science , history , computer science , engineering , law , art history , linguistics , philosophy , mechanical engineering , communication
Since retiring in 1991 from the Library of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Elizabeth Laney has continued to serve libraries through volunteer work. From June through December 2003, Laney worked as a volunteer in the Library of the International Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Prague, Czech Republic. Her work for the library focused on cataloging books for the library’s new online catalog system, which integrates acquisitions, cataloging, and circulation. TheSeminary Library has the largest English language theological collection in continental Europe.