Mykie Howard

 
 

 

 


 

 
Serials Librarian/ Head, Serials Department

Camden-Carroll Library

Morehead State University

The Publisher is my Tormentor, I shall not smile;

He maketh me to work all the day at my desk.

He leadeth me astray with misnumbered issues;

His Roman numerals confound me;

He changeth titles over and over for His own sake.

Yea, when I walk through the shadow of missing or irregular

Issues, I can find no respite, for He hath moved;

He answereth not my letters not useth the correct mailing label;

He starteth not when I ask and quitteth before it is time;

My work never endeth;

Rising prices and duplicate issues shall follow me all the days of my life;

And I shall moan and groan in the library forever.

 

Mary Maker

Missouri Western State College

 

As quoted in The Serials Librarian  v.11:no.3/4(1986:Dec./1987:Jan.)

 
150 University Drive

Morehead,KY 40351

 

my.howard@moreheadstate.edu

606-783-5116

606-783-5037

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No item or collection of items in today’s library is so studied yet mysterious, so vilified yet revered, so used yet abused, as the serial. In fact, most of us cannot even agree on how to define a serial: Not unlike the fragile relationship that usually exists between two young lovers--you can’t live with them, and you can’t live without them!

Philip E.N. Greene, III The Serials Librarian  v.11:no.3/4(1986:Dec./1987:Jan.)

 

 

 

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