This book is overdue! : how librarians and cybrarians can save us all / Johnson, Marilyn.

By:

Johnson, Marilyn, 1954-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Harper, c2010.Description: xii, 272 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0061431605 :
9780061431609 :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

025 JOH

Contents:

The frontier -- Information sickness -- On the ground -- The blog people -- Big brother and the holdout company -- How to change the world -- To the ramparts! -- Follow that tattoed librarian -- Wizards of odd -- Gotham city -- What\'s worth saving? -- The best day.

Summary: Those who predicted the death of libraries forgot to consider that in the automated maze of contemporary life, none of us--neither the experts nor the hopelessly baffled--can get along without human help. And not just any help--we need librarians, who won\'t charge us by the question or roll their eyes, no matter what we ask. Who are they? What do they know? And how quickly can they save us from being buried by the digital age? This book is a romp through the ranks of information professionals and a revelation for readers burned out on the clichés and stereotyping of librarians. Here are bloggers, radicals and visionaries who fuse the tools of the digital age with their love for the written word and the enduring values of free speech, open access, and scout-badge-quality assistance to anyone in need.--From publisher description.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Moylish Library Reference	025 JOH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Library Use Only		39002100391516

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In 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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-272).

Those who predicted the death of libraries forgot to consider that in the automated maze of contemporary life, none of us--neither the experts nor the hopelessly baffled--can get along without human help. And not just any help--we need librarians, who won\'t charge us by the question or roll their eyes, no matter what we ask. Who are they? What do they know? And how quickly can they save us from being buried by the digital age? This book is a romp through the ranks of information professionals and a revelation for readers burned out on the clichés and stereotyping of librarians. Here are bloggers, radicals and visionaries who fuse the tools of the digital age with their love for the written word and the enduring values of free speech, open access, and scout-badge-quality assistance to anyone in need.--From publisher description.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Marilyn Johnson is a former editor and writer for Life, Esquire, and Outside magazines. She is the author of The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries, This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, and Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble. Both The Dead Beat and This Book Is Overdue! received Washington Irving Book Awards.

(Bowker Author Biography)