The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories. — 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 Image
“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 Image
The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories. — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy. — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
