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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Absolutely. Ours is much, much smaller than it was when I started here in 2000, but there is still a lot that is either unavailable online, easier to use in print, or too important to withdraw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-family:"Minion Pro",serif">33 E. College St. | Hillsdale, MI 49242 | 517-607-2401 | lib.hillsdale.edu</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Grai, Rebecca via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> michlib-l@mcls.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Reference collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For academic libraries, do you still have a Reference collection? We are starting to weed our collection and are curious about other academics’ thoughts about reference books—especially since libraries, and how people use libraries, are
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<p class="MsoNormal"> We are a small business library. We did a major renovation of our space and a lot of our books (Reference and others) ended up in storage. We also lost a lot of room for shelves, so we definitely must weed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In your opinion, are reference books still relevant?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076BB;mso-ligatures:none">Rebecca Grai<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Office: 989.837.4333</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0076BB;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:grai@northwood.edu">grai@northwood.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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