"I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants……" — Marilyn Johnson
"I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed to be that day: information professionals, teachers, police, community organizers, computer technicians, historians, confidantes, clerks, social workers, storytellers, or, in this case, guardians of my peace."
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Marilyn Johnson
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12 Quotes by Marilyn Johnson
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There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who…
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In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.
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Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them!
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They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for…
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Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.
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We'll always need printed books that don't mutate the way digital books do; we'll always need places to display books,…
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Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-ranging…
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We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s…
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The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.
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In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of…
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Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education…
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