28 June 2007

How to even explain...?

Browsing through the Student Library Journal's archives, I came across an article on Internet filtering in public libraries.

Last year I wrote and published an article on filtering the Web in public libraries in this very journal, so I was interested to read this editorial by Louise Cooke from the UK.

In the first paragraph, I found a reference to my article and another on the same topic that came out in the same issue in which mine was published (Sept 2006). I stopped short, staring at my name in print, slowly realizing that I was witnessing my first citation. Granted, it's not a professional journal, but it
is a peer-reviewed library student publication. Meaning, it has some clout.

My first citation. I'm an official professional who has contributed to our discipline's literature.

3 comments:

Chalupa said...

In my few years of working at TU, I've helped several profs with books, Doctoral thesis, etc. They've all thanked me profusely and have assured me I have a very significant "thank you" in the back or credits or whatever you call it. I've never actually seen it though. It would be kinda weird to see my name in a book.

sarahnoel said...

Lana, way to go--that is immensely significant!

kmpolacek said...

Outstanding! After an h-index of 1 is an h-index of 2!