Crystal Megaridis, MLIS, has been a special librarian and knowledge manager for more than twenty-five years, starting as a solo and through to directing technical and corporate libraries. Over the years, Megaridis has served on local, state, and national library advisory boards and association committees, published journal articles, and presented conference sessions. She currently is a part-time instructor for the San José State University School of Information and is an elected trustee, board of trustees, for the Indian Prairie Public Library District in Darien, IL.
"Currently, we have so many advances in technology right now - machine learning, and AI - that we can harness these new technologies and really do impressive new and exciting things with our information work."
Figure 11.1. Types of Special Libraries
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