@article{Redalje_2009, title={I Am Not Captain Dunsel! A (Former) Head of an Academic Branch Library Replies to Steven Bell.}, url={https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/2507}, DOI={10.29173/istl2507}, abstractNote={<p>In response to a 2009 LJ Newswire article by Steven Bell, the author discusses the aspects of closing special academic libraries as a new trend, and whether or not that trend is a good one. Also investigated are the reasons why there are specialty libraries, the need of students for such facilities and the consolidation and merger trends.</p>}, number={59}, journal={Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship}, author={Redalje, Susanne J.}, year={2009}, month={Dec.} }