Librarians or Media Specialists

The Internet and the news are full of reports of how libraries are meeting the needs of hurting patrons.  Here are a few examples:
Libraries are bustling with job huntersHouston Chronicle - United States
Hard times are boom times for public libraries, experts say, noting
that scanning computerized job banks and filing résumés via the
Internet largely have [...]

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Ironically one of the best passages about the value of libraries I’ve ever read came from an article about library cutbacks and closings in Pennsylvania:
“In Franklin’s and Carnegie’s times, the library offered access to encyclopedias and books. It gave everyone a chance to educate himself during a time when access to education, especially higher education, [...]

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Daneeta Loretta Jackson wrote Six reasons to love the downtown public library for Examiner.com:
“Being homeless and jobless in America’s third world can be a real drag. Finding a place that can help you feel normal and provide much needed resources is important to keeping up morale. The New Orleans Public Library downtown branch is one [...]

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How bold are you in doing booktalks? How about these publishing reps?
From ‘Shelf-Awareness.com’s newsletter’:
Cool Idea of the Day: Dewey Divas & Dudes
The Dewey Divas & the Dudes are a group of Canadian publishers’ reps who travel to various library systems and talk about upcoming titles. According to their website, “We can speak about blockbusters, [...]

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Remember Art Linkletter’s book & TV show, Kids Say the Darndest Things? Well, teens and adults do TOO!
I saw a great quote in ‘Shelf-Awareness, a daily e-mail newsletter for booksellers and librarians‘:
One customer to another as they intently explored a used book display on Wednesday: ‘Sometimes I read so fast I can’t remember which [...]

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Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, in libraries and on the Web buy, sell and lend books most wisely.
Thanks to Steve Weber’s Selling Books @ WeberBooks.com for this resource suggestion!

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