Abstract
Excerpt: Welcome to the first installment of Nexus. This column will be a place for considering timely issues in libraries from both the technicalservices and reference points of view. Over my career, I’ve worked inreference and technical services for roughly equal amounts of time, inboth public and academic libraries. My tendency is to see the similari-ties among types of libraries and departments, not the differences. Forthis first column, I will try to illustrate some of the technical services is-sues and considerations that accompany a request from our reference li-brarians to switch from print to online subscriptions. I hope this columnwill lead to an ongoing conversation between the “onstage” and “back-of-the-house” librarians, and I welcome your ideas, suggestions, andreactions.