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With Shelly Imberg and Vered Sayag

People A Day in a Life Shelly: Oversees the faculty library Vered: Information specialist
• Has worked in the faculty as an in the faculty since 2004 • Has
information specialist since 2009 worked in the profession for 41
• Has held her current position years, “from back when we were
for nine years • Lives in Haifa using paper” • Lives in Nofit

07:00

Shelly: “I drop my kids off at
their school in Haifa. At 7:30
I start my workday: I check
my email, look at purchase
requests for research books
and textbooks, update the
faculty library’s website, send out
messages about new search tools
and update the information of
faculty researcher profiles in
various databases.”

08:00

Vered: “I’ve started taking a qigong class. We meet in the park
all year round, no matter what the weather. I try not to miss it!”

09:30

Shelly: “I have a periodic Vered: “I get to work and
staff meeting with the check my email. I find a
request for a certain article,
other library directors at and as we don’t have it
the Technion, including in the library, I obtain it
the Central Library. It’s through an interlibrary
important to get updates loan. Then I send students
from the other libraries and in various project design
tell them about the services courses a video presentation
that we offer. Due to the I made about how to
pandemic, these meetings conduct a literature review.”

take place on Zoom.”

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