Passing the Torch: Reminiscences with Frances Bryant Bradburn, Editor Emerita, North Carolina Libraries, 1985–2002

This article features an interview between the author and North Carolina Libraries Editor Emerita Frances Bryant Bradburn

Library Cooperation and the Development of the North Carolina Information Network (NCIN): From the Great Depression Years to 1992

This article recounts the history of the development of library networks, computerization of library processes, and the uses of technology in libraries in North Carolina from the Great Depression to 1992

Library Cooperation and the Development of the North Carolina Information Network (NCIN): From the Great Depression Years to 1992

The history of the development of library networks, omputerization of library processes, and the uses of technology in libraries in North Carolina needs more attention.1 The acceptance of computerization and technology has been widespread, although many libraries feared that they would be left behind by the technological revolution. To the contrary, not only have North Carolina libraries and librarians worked cooperatively to keep up with technological advances throughout the various decades of the twentieth century since the Great Depression, but also they have been in the vanguard, often on the cutting edge, of the application of technology to librarianship. North Carolina librarians nearing retirement today arguably have seen greater changes in their profession and institutions than in any other time during the last five hundred years. Perhaps it is time to begin telling the story of this great transformation

Unity v. Diversity: The Dilemma of Professionalism

We have grown up knowing the motto of the Three Musketeers: All forOne, One for All. Now we more fully understand that the musketeerswere articulating in rather elegant shorthand their endorsement of theconcepts of group unity and group diversity

From the Editor: A Community of Practice

Why should I join the North Carolina Library Association?What’s in it for me? These are frequently asked and perennially valid questions. As Past President of NCLA, I have spent countless hours thinking about them. In late October 2002, I was fortunate to be able to attend and participate in a panel discussion on “Portraying Yourself Online: A Discussion of Teaching Styles in Online Courses,� withmy East Carolina University colleagues from the School of Education, Diane Kester, Susan Colaric, and Sue Steinweg. Our panel was one of many learning experiences featured at the E-Learn 2002 World Conference on ELearning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education held in Montreal, October 15–19, 2000, by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education