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May 24, 2007

Simon Chester

The Secrets to Sabrina's Success

A piece in the Library Journal paid tribute to the ever-amazing Sabrina Pacifici who spoke at last year's ALA Conference in Montréal. It reveals the secret that many of us had wondered about: granted that she's a mover and shaker – how does she find the time.

The answer is that sleep is a foregone option.

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Simon Chester's involvement with legal information goes back to the Seventies when he taught legal research at Osgoode Hall and served on CLIC's board - that was the Canadian Law Information Council. He has practiced law on Bay Street for almost thirty years and speaks and writes widely on legal, technology, ethical and professional issues.
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6 Comments on “The Secrets to Sabrina's Success”

  1. Simon Fodden says:
    May 25, 2007 at 7:46 am

    Great to put a face to the name: I've never had the chance to meet her, though, like so many people, she's been a daily presence in my working life on the web.

  2. Kim Nayyer says:
    May 25, 2007 at 11:46 am

    I was fortunate to have met her (briefly) several years back at her presentation at an SLA annual meeting – Minneapolis, I think. That was in the relatively early days of the venerable LLRX and pre-beSpacific. I agree; she is amazing. I am also amazed that LLRX is still out there regularly, and still free, including archives. Thanks for the post, Simon.

  3. Frankie Dolan says:
    May 27, 2007 at 1:44 am

    This is comforting news for me – I often wonder whether my lack of sleep due to working on MedWorm int he night is detrimental to my health – but if Sabrina can do it, then so can I! (where there's a will there's a way!)

  4. Simon Fodden says:
    May 27, 2007 at 8:54 am

    Skating over into advertising, Frankie.

  5. Frankie Dolan says:
    June 2, 2007 at 11:02 am

    Oh sorry, wasn't my intention at all – just I liked reading about Sabrina and thought I'd let you know – please delete the post – or at least remove the mention to my site since I would hate people to think that.

  6. Simon Fodden says:
    June 2, 2007 at 1:46 pm

    No sweat. We'll leave things as they are.

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