Hi
We seem to very fortunate on Norfolk/Suffolk border then.
Great Yarmouth library has great "local history librarian/s", so has
Lowestoft. East Anglia at the cutting edge since flint mining!
Dennis Durrant
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From: "jacqueline.cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: local studies librarians
> Someone in a recent answer mentioned the lovely phrase 'local studies
> librarians'. Do such persons still exist? We seem to have largely lost
> this
> splendid breed (indeed the word librarian is being replaced by the word
> manager) and are now expected to use computers instead of having someone
> who
> thoroughly knows the material guide us to elusive sources. Is this
> happening
> everywhere, and if so why are we just letting it happen? I think the local
> history community should begin a campaign to celebrate and retain the role
> of the local studies librarian.
> Jacqueline Cooper
>
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