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PUNCT ital-11923 4 1 i i PRON ital-11923 4 2 returned return VERB ital-11923 4 3 to to ADP ital-11923 4 4 my my PRON ital-11923 4 5 regular regular ADJ ital-11923 4 6 job job NOUN ital-11923 4 7 with with ADP ital-11923 4 8 a a DET ital-11923 4 9 newfound newfound ADJ ital-11923 4 10 appreciation appreciation NOUN ital-11923 4 11 for for ADP ital-11923 4 12 how how SCONJ ital-11923 4 13 much much ADJ ital-11923 4 14 the the DET ital-11923 4 15 issues issue NOUN ital-11923 4 16 i i PRON ital-11923 4 17 spend spend VERB ital-11923 4 18 so so ADV ital-11923 4 19 much much ADJ ital-11923 4 20 of of ADP ital-11923 4 21 my my PRON ital-11923 4 22 professional professional ADJ ital-11923 4 23 time time NOUN ital-11923 4 24 on on ADP ital-11923 4 25 — — PUNCT ital-11923 4 26 information information NOUN ital-11923 4 27 access access NOUN ital-11923 4 28 , , PUNCT ital-11923 4 29 equity equity NOUN ital-11923 4 30 , , PUNCT ital-11923 4 31 user user NOUN ital-11923 4 32 experience experience NOUN ital-11923 4 33 , , PUNCT ital-11923 4 34 and and CCONJ ital-11923 4 35 the the DET ital-11923 4 36 like like ADJ ital-11923 4 37 — — PUNCT ital-11923 4 38 are be AUX ital-11923 4 39 universal universal ADJ ital-11923 4 40 . . PUNCT ital-11923 5 1 it it PRON ital-11923 5 2 is be AUX ital-11923 5 3 easy easy ADJ ital-11923 5 4 to to PART ital-11923 5 5 get get AUX ital-11923 5 6 lost lose VERB ital-11923 5 7 in in ADP ital-11923 5 8 the the DET ital-11923 5 9 weeds weed NOUN ital-11923 5 10 of of ADP ital-11923 5 11 my my PRON ital-11923 5 12 own own ADJ ital-11923 5 13 circumstances circumstance NOUN ital-11923 5 14 and and CCONJ ital-11923 5 15 environment environment NOUN ital-11923 5 16 , , PUNCT ital-11923 5 17 and and CCONJ ital-11923 5 18 sometimes sometimes ADV ital-11923 5 19 difficult difficult ADJ ital-11923 5 20 to to PART ital-11923 5 21 look look VERB ital-11923 5 22 up up ADP ital-11923 5 23 and and CCONJ ital-11923 5 24 explore explore VERB ital-11923 5 25 what what DET ital-11923 5 26 colleagues colleague NOUN ital-11923 5 27 , , PUNCT ital-11923 5 28 known know VERB ital-11923 5 29 and and CCONJ ital-11923 5 30 unknown unknown ADJ ital-11923 5 31 , , PUNCT ital-11923 5 32 are be AUX ital-11923 5 33 doing do VERB ital-11923 5 34 and and CCONJ ital-11923 5 35 thinking think VERB ital-11923 5 36 . . PUNCT ital-11923 6 1 the the DET ital-11923 6 2 experience experience NOUN ital-11923 6 3 reinforces reinforce VERB ital-11923 6 4 the the DET ital-11923 6 5 importance importance NOUN ital-11923 6 6 of of ADP ital-11923 6 7 important important ADJ ital-11923 6 8 open open ADJ ital-11923 6 9 access access NOUN ital-11923 6 10 publications publication NOUN ital-11923 6 11 such such ADJ ital-11923 6 12 as as ADP ital-11923 6 13 information information NOUN ital-11923 6 14 technology technology NOUN ital-11923 6 15 and and CCONJ ital-11923 6 16 libraries library NOUN ital-11923 6 17 . . PUNCT ital-11923 7 1 while while SCONJ ital-11923 7 2 “ " PUNCT ital-11923 7 3 open open ADJ ital-11923 7 4 access access NOUN ital-11923 7 5 ” " PUNCT ital-11923 7 6 does do AUX ital-11923 7 7 n’t not PART ital-11923 7 8 remove remove VERB ital-11923 7 9 every every DET ital-11923 7 10 possible possible ADJ ital-11923 7 11 barrier barrier NOUN ital-11923 7 12 to to ADP ital-11923 7 13 accessing access VERB ital-11923 7 14 the the DET ital-11923 7 15 knowledge knowledge NOUN ital-11923 7 16 , , PUNCT ital-11923 7 17 experience experience NOUN ital-11923 7 18 , , PUNCT ital-11923 7 19 and and CCONJ ital-11923 7 20 lessons lesson NOUN ital-11923 7 21 contained contain VERB ital-11923 7 22 within within ADP ital-11923 7 23 in in ADP ital-11923 7 24 its its PRON ital-11923 7 25 virtual virtual ADJ ital-11923 7 26 cover cover NOUN ital-11923 7 27 , , PUNCT ital-11923 7 28 it it PRON ital-11923 7 29 does do AUX ital-11923 7 30 remove remove VERB ital-11923 7 31 the the DET ital-11923 7 32 all all ADV ital-11923 7 33 - - PUNCT ital-11923 7 34 important important ADJ ital-11923 7 35 paywall paywall NOUN ital-11923 7 36 . . PUNCT ital-11923 8 1 and and CCONJ ital-11923 8 2 that that PRON ital-11923 8 3 is be AUX ital-11923 8 4 no no DET ital-11923 8 5 small small ADJ ital-11923 8 6 thing thing NOUN ital-11923 8 7 , , PUNCT ital-11923 8 8 in in ADP ital-11923 8 9 a a DET ital-11923 8 10 community community NOUN ital-11923 8 11 of of ADP ital-11923 8 12 library library NOUN ital-11923 8 13 technologists technologist NOUN ital-11923 8 14 who who PRON ital-11923 8 15 interact interact VERB ital-11923 8 16 and and CCONJ ital-11923 8 17 exchange exchange VERB ital-11923 8 18 information information NOUN ital-11923 8 19 through through ADP ital-11923 8 20 social social ADJ ital-11923 8 21 media medium NOUN ital-11923 8 22 , , PUNCT ital-11923 8 23 email email NOUN ital-11923 8 24 , , PUNCT ital-11923 8 25 and and CCONJ ital-11923 8 26 other other ADJ ital-11923 8 27 tools tool NOUN ital-11923 8 28 . . 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