As America's chief librarian he found himself an amateur again, and delighted just as much in the outraged snorts of the professionals.

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"The World Digital Library project offers a brand-new platform for showcasing the diversity of the world's civilizations, " said Dr Furui Zhan, Chief Librarian of the NLC.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

She had trekked to New Mexico by way of theSouth and was on her way back home, to California's San Joaquin Valley, where she was the chief librarian for Kern County.

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"One of things they have said quite eloquently is that not even Harvard can afford to keep up with the rising price of information, " said Tom Leonard, chief librarian at the University of California Berkeley.

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