Admittedly, there is not much to link the above. At the moment, the only link I can see between them is my person. The Dead Sea scrolls immediately feed my imagination, fire my curiosity and appeal to my sense of aesthetics. A few of them are published in digital form here. Sitting in front of my computer with a few books around me, I enjoy preparing for tomorrow, when I will take a group of theology students to the Dead Sea area.
Becoming a librarian for statistics, economics and business administration didn't have the same effect on me. I consciously write the subjects that are going to be my domain in the library in order of un-understandability. Business administration appears to be a subject that by and large I will be able to grasp. Mostly. At least enough to understand which books the faculty wants me to buy for them. I expect economics to be a little bit more difficult. And I expect not to understand a word of statistics. But we will see. On the other hand, my career as a periodicals librarian has prepared me somewhat for most subjects. I have held in my hand serial publication about the most diverse subjects, including 'stochastic models' and 'communications in statistics'. I didn't understand the articles in them, but at least I know such words exist.
I'm starting a whole new field of knowledge. And who knows, it may even be fun. What's for sure, it won't be boring.
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