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title: "3 Sanford Berman Quotes - Famous Librarian"
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# Sanford Berman

(1933)   Librarian

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Sanford Berman is a librarian.

## Quick Facts About Sanford Berman

Born October 6, 1933

Profession Librarian

## About Sanford Berman

American librarian... \| Sanford Berman is a librarian. He is known for radicalism, promoting alternative viewpoints in librarianship, and acting as a proactive information conduit to other librarians around the world. His vehicles of influence include public speaking, voluminous correspondence, and unsolicited "care packag

##  Quotes by Sanford Berman

> [“I can't have information I know would be of use to someone and not share it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanford-berman/i-can-t-have-information-i-know-would-be-of-use-to-someone-and-not/)

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> [“Libraries represent the sole contemporary American institution with the potential for making available a wide-ranging, genuinely diverse spectrum of opinions, cultural expressions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanford-berman/libraries-represent-the-sole-contemporary-american-institution-with/)

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> [“I can't have information I know would be of interest to someone and not share it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanford-berman/i-can-t-have-information-i-know-would-be-of-interest-to-someone-and/)

[Sanford Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanford-berman/)

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