Posted on 03/23/2005 7:01:30 AM PST by Rodney King
OK, didn't know that. I was talking about the kind that put books on shelves and come around and make sure that you don't have any coffee with you when you are up researching a paper at midnight.
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"Hey, buddy, Terry Schiavo wishes she could go to a library and check out a book with the help of a friendly, kindly librarian! Count your blessings, ya ingrate (pant, pant, pant)!!!"
BOOKMAN: You took this book out in 1971.
JERRY: Yes, and I returned it in 1971.
BOOKMAN: Yeah, '71. That was my first year on the job. Bad year for libraries. Bad year for America. Hippies burning library cards, Abby Hoffman telling everybody to steal books. I don't judge a man by the length of his hair or the kind of music he listens to. Rock was never my bag. But you put on a pair of shoes when you walk into the New York Public Library, fella.
JERRY: Look, Mr. Bookman. I--I returned that book. I remember it very specifically.
BOOKMAN: You're a comedian, you make people laugh.
JERRY: I try.
BOOKMAN: You think this is all a big joke, don't you?
JERRY: No, I don't.
BOOKMAN: I saw you on T.V. once; I remembered your name--from my list. I looked it up. Sure enough, it checked out. You think because you're a celebrity that somehow the law doesn't apply to you, that you're above the law?
JERRY: Certainly not.
BOOKMAN: Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y'know that little stamp, the one that says "New York Public Library"? Well that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot. Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before: Flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you're thinking. What's this guy making such a big stink about old library books? Well, let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without libraries, people like you and me. Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers? Doesn't HE deserve better? Look. If you think this is about overdue fines and missing books, you'd better think again. This is about that kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped! Or: maybe that turns you on, Seinfeld; maybe that's how y'get your kicks. You and your good-time buddies. Well I got a flash for ya, joy-boy: Party time is over. Y'got seven days, Seinfeld. That is one week!
I misread the title. I thought this was going to be about "Libertarians".
And I really only wanted to know is what a Libertarian would read to kids, and which kids would actually sit and listen.
Oh well. I need more sleep.
Can't we all just get along? :)
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I was in the library business for 22 years and can verify most of what was said. A person can learn the skills needed to be a librarian by reading a few books. Having a masters in library science only means that you jumped through the right hoops. It does not reflect intelligence or competence. In California, I saw straight A students who were told by faculty members that they would never be able to get a degree in library science because they were Christians. On the other hand I had interns work for me who received there MLS but had trouble alphabetizing (getting P, Q, and R in the right order can be pretty tough).
Thanks for your thoughts. That's what I figured.
He's talking about your mamma again!
BTW My wife, an English teacher and the Teacher of the Year in a 7,000 member district (Tom DeLays home )swears by her librarian and all that she does for the kids at that school.
Google Planning To Index Entire Libraries
http://www.researchbuzz.org/google_planning_to_index_entire_libraries.shtml
Not all librarians are liberals Chris Johnson at the blog Midwest Conservative Journal is very conservative and also a librarian. But he does agree that most are liberals.
http://mcj.bloghorn.com/
One of the more ill informed rants I have seen in a while.
I always thought school librarians were too stupid to teach so they stuck them in the libary.
See post 28.
I was an Assistant Librarian for two years (no MLS required), but my main task was children's programs...thus I was able to use my Education degree. I really enjoyed it. Later on I worked in a college library doing acquisitions. Let me tell you, those college library people are WHACKY. Yes, that's my personal opinion...but they were one of the most dysfunctional groups of people I've ever been around. I'm not going to paint all college libraries with a broad brush...just sharing my experience.
Working with children was rewarding. Working with stuffy, whiny elitists was not.
my library tax is 409.57 year
I know, we can give it a nicer name than "warehouse", like "repository".
Terri could read if given half a chance. She could probably work the rest of her career as a libarian. What did she do before her brain turned to liquid anyway?
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