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August 20, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

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I sent an email to Karen Jensen thanking her for this site. I get so many great ideas and book reviews that I just wanted to let her know that I was reading (and thankful). She responded to me and asked if I’d write a post explaining what I didn’t learn in library school or […]

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