238 Quotes About Librarians

That is to say, 'forget the color line, consider a reader a reader, and cut out other such nonsense.

Third, there was little or no opportunity for professional meetings and contact within the system since the local, state, and regional associations were not open to them for visitation or membership. Fourth, before the opening of the Hampton Institute School of Library Service in 1925, professional library school training for blacks had to be obtained outside the region.

There's a term you don't hear these days, one you used to hear all the time when the Carnegie branches opened: Palaces for the People. The library really is a palace. It bestows nobility on people who otherwise couldn't afford a shred of it. People need to have nobility and dignity in their lives. And you know, they need other people to recognize it in them too.

The first clue to any librarian that they are in charge of a warehouse is that they have no control over the heating and air conditioning despite the complaints of those in the large depository.

Neiti Mountjoy! Eläkkeellä oleva neiti Mountjoy! Olin kuullut tarinoita neiti Mountjoysta ja kauhun aikakaudesta. Hän oli ollut Bishop's Laceyn yleisen kirjaston johtavana kirjastonhoitajana josilloin, kun Nooa seilasi paatillaan. Ulospäin hän oli oikein hurmaava, mutta sisältä oikea "pahantahtoisuuden palatsi". Tai niin minulle oli kerrottu. ...Kyläläiset pyysivät edlleen iltarukouksissaan, että neiti Mountjoy pysyisi eläkkeellä.

The truth is out there, but the truth also seems to be very subjective. With access to so many types of information, there is bound to be some miscommunication that goes on in libraries. "Some" could be an understatement. Okay, there is a lot of miscommunication happening. To combat this, librarians strive to develop excellent listening skills, impeccable library instruction, and good follow-up questions. And a killer poker face hidden by a fashionable pair of glasses never hurts.

A library bears similar qualities to a hospital. Librarians are like doctors, books the prescriptions.

The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors.

The better the school library, the higher the reading scores.