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Bookshelves of Lesser Doom

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Posts tagged librarians

Sep 9 '11
Something to Shout About: New research shows that more librarians means higher reading scores.

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May 19 '11
“I came to decide that more can be accomplished with ten experts than with thirty drones.”
— Margaret A. Edwards, in The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts

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May 17 '11
“The librarian isn’t a clerk who happens to work at a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.”
— Seth Godin

(Source: sethgodin.typepad.com)

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Mar 16 '11
“It’s funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. Librarians have stood up to the Patriot Act, sat down with noisy toddlers and reached out to illiterate adults. Libraries can never be shushed. If you haven’t been to your library lately, you’re overdue.”
— Paula Poundstone

(Source: knox.villagesoup.com)

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