>From: Mario Rups <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: directory
>Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 10:33:42 -0400
>
>On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Anna Swartwood wrote:
>
> > Related Fields. Ordering it from Amazon.com or the publisher, College Art
> > Association, would take 4-6 weeks, and none of the bookstores nearby carry
> > it. Does anyone know of a faster way to obtain this book, short of stealing
> > it from a college library?
>
>Have you called the publisher to find out if they do "rush orders" if
>you're willing to pay extra? I'd be surprised if they didn't, I was an
>acquisitions librarian for a number of years (and if y'all want to gripe
>about low salaries for important but unappreciated professions: try being
>a librarian ... ) in a DC "think tank" where the scholars often
>wanted the books they ordered today on their desk yesterday, and rush
>orders would at least get the books to us within a few days, or even in
>some instances overnight.
>
>Mario Rups (who is now a librarian *in* a museum ... and, believe me, you
> don't wanna open up the conversation of *that* salary )
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