Lagniappe: Volunteering in Libraries: An Insider's View, An E-mail Conversation with Elizabeth J. Laney

Abstract

Since retiring in 1991 from the Library of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Elizabeth Laney has continued to serve libraries through volunteer work. From June through December 2003, Laney worked as a volunteer in the Library of the International Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Prague, Czech Republic.  Her work for the library focused on cataloging books for the library’s new online catalog system, which integrates acquisitions, cataloging, and circulation. TheSeminary Library has the largest English language theological collection in continental Europe.