Academic BRASS, Volume 1, No. 4

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vol 1(4), March 2004


How to Educate Yourself as a Business Librarian When You Didn't Think You'd Be One...
Lynda Duke, Illinois Wesleyan University

Lynda shares some excellent tips on how a librarian without a business subject background can develop the skills to be an effective business librarian.

United States Accounting Standards -- An Overview of GAAP
Todd Hines, Business Reference Librarian, University of Alabama

Todd guides us through the maze of American accounting standards by introducing GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles).

The Future of the GPO and Its Impact for Business Librarians
Clement Ho, Reference and Instruction Librarian, American University

Clement describes how the GPO is transforming itself into a distributor of electronic information and what that means for business librarians.