Council On Library/Media Technicians
LIBRARY PARAPROFESSIONALS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
June 2003
Compiled by Rita Gibson
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- "Why Not Respect Staff?" Library Journal (November 1, 1998): 8.
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This bibliography is the work of Rita Gibson. Ms. Gibson is employed as the Access Services Technician (Circulation
Supervisor) at the State Law Library of Montana, Helena, MT. Prior to
that she worked in both technical and public services divisions of 8 different academic, special and public libraries in
Montana and Texas. According to Ms. Gibson. she has been "in the business" for 20 years. In 1997 Ms. Gibson and her paraprofessional colleague, Barbara Pepper-Rotness (Montana State Library),
started Montana's paraprofessional organization, the Montana Library Paraprofessionals.
This bibliography is meant to compliment the "Library Support Staff Issues Bibliography" compiled by Martha Parsons.
Ms. Gibson wishes to gratefully acknowledge Martha Parsons. Her work inspired and was the foundation for the above
bibliography, and is sincerely appreciated.
Dated revisions of this bibliography will be released periodically. To suggest resources for inclusion in future bibliographies or
to discuss this one, contact Rita Gibson at: rkgibson@hotmail.com . Bibliography revised February, 2001.