Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the PhD. — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of their ideals, intelligence, and knowledge, not to mention their commitment to access for all—librarians consider free access to information the… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
“Maybe it begins the day you pledge allegiance, face the flag and suddenly clutch your left clavicle because you find a tender puff of… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
“I regretted my human form briefly; it would be so much easier to drag and rope information into the brain as neatly as one… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories. — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy. — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them. — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
“Yes, librarians use punctuation marks to make little emoticons, smiley and frowny faces in their correspondence, but if there were one for an ironic… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed to be… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
“It’s almost impossible to teach that sort of writing except by pointing students to a stack of clips and telling them, 'Inhale these.” — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read and learn… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons and themselves. — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-ranging knowledge, good memories, organization… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share
