This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us AllIn This Book is Overdue!, acclaimed author Marilyn Johnson celebrates libraries and librarians, and, as she did in her popular first book, The Dead Beat, discovers offbeat and eloquent characters in the quietest corners. In defiance of doomsayers, Johnson finds librarians more vital and necessary than ever, as they fuse the tools of the digital age with love for the written word and the enduring values of truth, service to all, and free speech. This Book Is Overdue! is a romp through the ranks of information professionals who organize our messy world and offer old-fashioned human help through the maze. |
Contents
On the Ground 31 | |
To the Ramparts 105 | |
Librarians to the barricades Anarchist librarians leave the building | |
Outside in the cold with a crowd of happy revelers on a Saturday morning | |
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This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All Marilyn Johnson Limited preview - 2010 |
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All Marilyn Johnson No preview available - 2011 |
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