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Neil Gaiman on Libraries Video
Dec 21st — After reading the “Before Google…Who Knew” article in NPR this morning I worked my way down the article’s comments. The Video featuring Neil Gaiman was spot on. Thanks Neil for affirming what librarians do. The link to the video is (http://youtu.be/uH-sR1uCQ6g)
Before Google…. Who Knew – from NPR
Dec 21st — Interesting article just out from NPR, entitled “Before Google…Who Knew” (http://www.npr.org/blogs/theprotojournalist/2014/12/20/371851621/before-google-who-knew). I appreciate aim of the article, but must beg to differ. I don’t know about your library, but the line “For the past couple of years, “librarian” has popped up on the Forbes list of Least Stressful Jobs” does not just does not equate with my library. School libraries, if they are what we want them to be, “one of the hubs of learning in the school” are not low stress jobs. But thanks NPR for reminding the world that Librarians are indeed important and are key to helping students and others find that bit of information that they just can’t find by themselves… (tsb 12/21/14)