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Email: MGriffin@richlandlibrary.com  

Melanie Griffin works in human resources at her favorite public library in Columbia, South Carolina. She is also earning her Masters in Library and Information Science, writing fiction, and trying to keep up with Stephen King's publishing schedule.


woman sitting at desk writing

Essential Librarian Skill: Writing

But all librarians use writing to do more than remind patrons of fines. To keep up with the latest, you have to go back to the basics of stringing words together to make your meaning clear. Writing is all over new technology, so much so that we don’t even think about it or notice it until it’s glaringly unprofessional or outright unhelpful.