Or, why twitter counts as working! (Names have been changed to protect the innocent ;) )
In under 16 minutes, four librarians with subject expertise in an area I liaise with but am less than perfectly comfortable with responded to a blanket plea and provided consistent and useful advice, as well as tips for finding new resources. Solid backgrounds, support when I needed it, and tips for the future. Sure, I could somehow make the time to crack open Understanding capitalism : critical analysis from Karl Marx to Amartya Sen to learn more and back up my gut (and I will, one day I will) but I can’t do it right now, and I can’t do it in under 16 minutes! (inspiration has hit: I’ve started an OpenWC list for Overviews of Major Economists and started reading Lost Prophets: An Insider’s History of the Modern Economists)
Rudibrarian : are any of y’all econ liaisons?
B: @Rudibrarian yo econ here
Rudibrarian: @B Am I standing on sand when I think we should stop buying books w/ John Maynard Keynes in title??? we have shelves and shelves…
E:@rudibrarian: I’m econ liaison – just saw tweet. Did get info you needed?
W: @Rudibrarian – & what do you have against Keynes?? (asks former econ major…)
B: @Rudibrarian LOL I think you’re pretty solid there. :)
S: @Rudibrarian I am an econ liaison
Rudibrarian: @E am questioning another several books abt Keynes. Is it stoopid to cry uncle and stop Keynes buying?? S’all they/dept seems 2 want
Rudibrarian: @W: just the volume. Thee *are* other economists who are relevant, yes? (this is so outside my area!)
E: @rudibrarian: if they’re new or notable, sure, I’d buy a couple, but deselect some others. But yeah, are many other significant economists
B: @Rudibrarian that and super expensive Elsevier journals I bet. Take a look at Berkeley Electronic Press if you don’t already have
B:@Rudibrarian econ was my fave liaison subj, I did some econ at uni so at least I was slightly familiar :) Also make sure to link SSRN, Repec
February 21, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Bwahahaha – I was there for this conversation. I love the interconnectedness of the world.