tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post421005292892360791..comments2024-03-27T05:00:00.090-04:00Comments on Letters to a Young Librarian: Letter to a Young Collection Development Librarian, by Rachel FlemingJessica Olinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-6404037915202346402014-03-16T20:50:16.597-04:002014-03-16T20:50:16.597-04:00I thank you for this wonderful piece. I know it&#...I thank you for this wonderful piece. I know it's been a while since you wrote it...I can't read every blog I'm interested in. But I just wanted to thank you for being such a "mensch". You are seriously the first person I've read in a long time who says to be kind just for the sake of being kind. Awesome.B Ready to Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082264874948420668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-27235881414692264712013-08-15T09:20:11.119-04:002013-08-15T09:20:11.119-04:00Happily, I did take a Collection Development class...Happily, I did take a Collection Development class in school but unfortunately the professor really, REALLY had it in for publishers and Vendor Approval Plans. I agreed with him on a lot of the latter, but as a former publishing person I found myself defending them fairly often. Fortunately he didn't seem to mind and it helped me bridge my two careers.<br /><br />All that said, CD was one of the scarier responsibilities of my new job, one that I probably put off longer than I should have. Now I'm having a ball. If I could have done a TARDISesque forward flash to this post I would have calmed down a little. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02148896212596403842noreply@blogger.com