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CBG Guide for the Interim Librarian

The CBG Guide for the Interim Librarian was developed to provide a systematic means of itemizing important facts about services, procedures and routines in the library when a temporary is hired to fill in for a permanent employee.  While day-to-day library operations are often invisible to the outsider, library users will expect uninterrupted service whether or not it is provided by the "regular" librarian or a newcomer.  For this reason, it is important that an expert staff person take the time necessary to fill out the CBG Guide completely.  What is taken for granted and viewed as routine by the permanent staff will be new and challenging for the Interim Librarian.  In addition to supplying answers for temps, the CBG Guide can be used as an outline for a library procedures manual.

CBG Guide for the Interim Librarian Order Form

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Consultants: An Essential Tool or Luxury

This article written by Carol A. Berger for The Bottom Line, Volume 6, Number 1, 1992 challenges the notion that using a consultant is a luxury inappropriate in the library community.  Consultants offer access to hard to find information, an impartial viewpoint, flexible arrangements, and timely completion of a project.  Using a consultant can therefore mean sounder decisions, cost savings, and enhanced effectiveness for the library.  

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Library Lingo

The 3rd Edition of Library Lingo is currently being created.  A notice will be distributed when in its final stages of publication.

C. Berger Group, Inc.’s popular, pocket-sized glossary of library terms, includes definitions of traditional "lingo" used in the library profession.  This handy-to-use booklet is perfect for non-librarians, library students, patrons, trustees, employees, supervisors and even seasoned information professionals

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Your Buried Treasures

Your Buried Treasures: Can You Find Them? is an easy to use, 24-page book written by Marjorie Thomas Payne and published by CBG in 1991.  It answers hundreds of records management questions including:

* How long should I keep canceled checks?
* What records are needed for tax purposes and how should I file them?
* Which documents do I keep and which do I destroy?

Designed as a basic guide for creating a personal record plan, Your Buried Treasures: Can You Find Them? was written for individuals and includes required record keeping for entrepreneurs. Featured is a handy, detailed records retention and destruction schedule, a bibliography and suggested reading list, and an extensive index for easy reference.

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