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Thursday, 25th February 2010

More Big Time Exposure for Marilyn Johnson's Book: This Book Is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

Wow, the positive library/librarian related articles that are associated with Marilyn Johnson's book just keep getting published. We've posted about the book several times. This post from a few days ago has links to all of the material we've posted about Marilyn and her book. You'll also find a few comments, and links to buy the book, audiobook, and/or Kindle version plus being able to read & search the full text online for free (via Amazon.com's Look Inside the Book program),

Marilyn, is getting the library world the type of coverage many have wanted for years. Marilyn and her book are a one person marketing powerhouse.

Today, Craig Wilson in the USA Today (big time coverage). reports on the book, a librarian, and the library system in Carroll County, MD

A Couple of Brief Passages From the Text

He doesn't look like the clichéd librarian of old. He favors plaid shirts and is sporting a beard on his babyface — but that doesn't matter to Johnson, either. She's well aware that librarians wear many disguises these days. Often they're pierced, tattooed, punk with bright blue hair. She loves them all.

Who knew librarians had become so ... cool?

"They're not saints, but ethically and morally and every other good way, they're professionals. They're good people."

And possibly endangered.

"It turns out this is a good time to point out that we're shooting ourselves in the foot if we let these people go from our lives," says Johnson, 55, who lives in New York's Hudson Valley. "We need them more than ever."

Source: USA Today


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