| LARRY R. BESANT |
Your editorial apology regarding SLA's belated publication (March 2009) of Hall and Larsen's comment on Matarazzo and Clarke's article, "The Influence of Private and Public Companies on the Special Library Job Market," is akin to the captain of the Titanic apologizing for a late notice to passengers regarding the possibility of iceberg-watching opportunities in the near future.
Hall and Larsen conclude that the number of vacancies in New England is "in free fall." That the special librarian job sky may be falling beyond New England seems clear from a thoughtful inspection of the number of member addresses in the SLA Directory that lack business affiliations.
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