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What librarians make
By admin | November 30, 2010
If you have not yet read What librarians make. A response to Dr. Bernstein and an homage to Taylor Mali by Joyce Valenza in the School Library Journal blog, put aside a few moments to read a fantastic testimony to the role of school librarians. And all librarians. It is inspirational. My favorite quote:
Library is not merely a place to get stuff. It is a place to invent, to create, to make stuff, to collaborate on stuff, and to share stuff. It is more kitchen that grocery store. More transformational than transactional.
Libraries today are both transformational and transactional, but it’s the transformation that makes the library different than the bookstore. As Ms. Valenza writes, librarians are not an anachronism, and libraries are not sacred cows. They are vibrant parts of our society.
Read the article. And thanks to Aaron Coutu for bringing this to our collective attention.
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