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Interview with Peggy Mutter & Shelley Lonergan

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Year:: 2014
Contributor:: Mutter, Margaret (interviewee); Lonergan, Shelley (interviewee); Bouchard, Karen (interviewer); Cournoyer, Carina (interviewer)
Genre:: oral histories (literary works)
Subject:: Alumni; Automation; Circulation; Clothing and fashion; Library reorganization; Library spaces; Needling; Reference; Rosemary Cullen; Typewriters; Winfield S. Kennedy

Abstract:: Shelley Lonergan and Peggy Mutter begin by discussing their first jobs in the library and what they thought of the new Rockefeller building.They talk about the technology of those early days including the electric typewriters and explain the process of "needling" to check for overdue material. They then discuss previous library physical layouts and how they changed over the years. They also mention long ago staff members, patrons, and some funny and embarassing moments. They finish with a discussion of some of the newer technologies and how they have changed the experience of using the library.

"Interview with Peggy Mutter & Shelley Lonergan" (2014). Rock50 Oral History Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:697432/

Rock50 Oral History Collection

This collection contains oral history interviews with longtime members of the Brown University Library staff, in celebration of the Rockefeller’s Library’s fiftieth anniversary in 2014. The interviews were conducted by Brown librarians Carina Cournoyer and Karen Bouchard. Staff members represent …
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