I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed to be that day: information professionals, teachers, police, community organizers, computer technicians, historians, confidantes, clerks, social workers, storytellers, or, in this case, guardians of my peace.
We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone. - Marilyn Johnson
We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone.
- Marilyn Johnson
The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories. - Marilyn Johnson
The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.
Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-rangi… - Marilyn Johnson
Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-rangi…
In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of their ideals, intelligence, and … - Marilyn Johnson
In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of their ideals, intelligence, and …
Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read an… - Marilyn Johnson
Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read an…
This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them. - Marilyn Johnson
This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them.
We'll always need printed books that don't mutate the way digital books do; we'll always need places to display books, auditoriums for book talks, ci… - Marilyn Johnson
We'll always need printed books that don't mutate the way digital books do; we'll always need places to display books, auditoriums for book talks, ci…
There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're trying to … - Marilyn Johnson
There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're trying to …
Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy. - Marilyn Johnson
Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.
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