{"id":838,"date":"2007-03-14T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2007-03-14T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-14T20:32:00","slug":"i-could-not-write-books-without-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"I could not write books without them."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/temp\/email2.php?id=dvpfgPqrpvWdxbwXFrQbVzpqh9rMxw8Z\">The interlibrary loan librarians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Even more heartening is [the]  observation that interlibrary lending is &#8220;the only professional service I can think of in which the provider pays the cost.&#8221; The faith our libraries show in the ability of that service to somehow, someday, contribute to a greater good is remarkable, and yet usually goes unremarked.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest resource sharing our libraries practice is sharing their faith in us.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The interlibrary loan librarians. Even more heartening is [the] observation that interlibrary lending is &#8220;the only professional service I can think of in which the provider pays the cost.&#8221; The faith our libraries show in the ability of that service to somehow, someday, contribute to a greater good is remarkable, and yet usually goes unremarked. 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