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28 TALL Q. 1 (2008-2009)

handle is hein.journals/tallquart28 and id is 1 raw text is: TALL Quarterly Toronto Association of Law Libraries Vol. 28, no. 1 Fall 2008 From Campus to Bay Street: The Transition from Academic to Legal Librarian by Erik Brea It was the marble that really did it for me. Gleaming, shimmering and polished to an almost mirror-like quality it was the vast expanse of the white Italian marble of First Canadian Place in downtown Toronto that told me my career was changing. Gone were the crowded campuses I was accustomed to, with hordes of students huddled in groups over laptops, iPods blaring, dressed in jeans, ironic hipster t-shirts and baseball caps. These were replaced by an army of clean-shaven men, often suited or with crisp polo shirts and khakis nestling multiple Blackberry holsters on their hips, women cradling cellphones and briefcases and engaging in conference calls on the way to meetings, the sound of heels clacking on marble and granite and deals being made filling the air. Things certainly were different now. This was Bay Street. These scenes unfold in front of me daily. I work at the Department of Justice library in downtown Toronto, and so my trek to work takes me through First Canadian Place. As a backdrop to my new career, its size and power and symbolism as the centre of Canadian finance cannot be adequately described. The contrast between the open lawns and student hangouts where you could study or (Continued on Page 5) Inside... Beyond the Reference Desk 10 . Continuing Education 22 . Editor's Notes 3 From the Literature 19 * In the Loop 14 IRQs 20 * Law in 60 Seconds: The Law of War 12 President's Message 3 9 Remembering Wendy Duggan 15 e Sheila Hathorn Writes 18

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