“My parents were the kind of people that told me to ‘go look it up’ if I wanted to know about something. But that’s only people who actually go there. To be a librarian is not to be neutral, or passive, or waiting for a question. In the '40s and '50s, a lot of teachers and librarians saw the graphic novel as the enemy of reading. It's a psychological complaint, common amongst ex-librarians. People who want to "one-up" the librarian. “I just stuck the book back on the shelf.” “Or, just put it anyplace.” I have a very dear friend that is a librarian. If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. They are teachers without a classroom. Libraries are always bigger on the inside because every book has an entire word inside of it. Votes: 3, Librarians! Votes: 4, Librarians are teaching the next generation how to use digital media responsibly. Librarians are like crack dealers when it comes to hooking small children. But if you really want to make bank in the library game, you … Votes: 1, To all librarians everywhere, God bless you. If book knowledge made great investors, than the librarians would all be rich. As a breed, we're the ultimate generalists. They want to help us. I love librarians more than any other people in the world. Votes: 1, The loudest elderly women always had the quietest elderly husbands. And if you do come across a librarian in a film, please let me know about it, at reel.librarians@gmail.com. Votes: 3, Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. I had to look through our medical archives for books with illustrations.” —Stacey. Votes: 1, When I run the world,librarians will be exempt from tragedy. But stereotypes are awfully misleading. Votes: 0, I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs. Votes: 1, So you're a librarian. Libraries are brothels for the mind. "The Librarian gave him the kind of look other people would reserve for people who said things like "What's so bad about genocide? My work is whatever I want it to be, and I report to no one regularly. (I’m at a branch library with no janitorial services. To Homer, libraries were holy places like churches, and the priestly librarians a blessed race, a saving remnant in a world of sin. And, like Scouts, they possess a quality that I think makes librarians invaluable and indispensable: they want to help. No one ever spoke above a whisper in the staff lounge, but I felt the need to shush her anyway. Votes: 1, A bonfire billowed up. Votes: 0, Poor little librarians of the world, those girls, secretly lovely, their looks marred forever by the cruelty of a pair of big dark eyeglasses! “I tell those who come to me thinking about librarianship that if you’re curious about anything and everything, and if you are service- and people-oriented — understanding that libraries first serve people; the resources are just medium through which service happens — then you’ll love working in libraries.” —Cara S. “I think I always knew I wanted to help people and communities and change systems, but I didn’t quite know how to do so until I discovered librarianship. Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians". We provide a subject guide of primary and secondary resources about what life was like between 1820–1870 for the students to use to create the person’s life.” —Kimberly G. Okay, so, basically everyone mentioned at least one of three things: sex, porn, and poop. Votes: 1, Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. It’s about training them to become autonomous in their research.” —Caroline. These dynamic and modern institutions, and the librarians who staff them, add immeasurably to our quality of life. Caso não concorde com o uso cookies dessa forma, você deverá ajustar as configurações de seu navegador ou deixar de acessar o nosso site e serviços. I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am. I come in with an idea and the librarians help me make it happen. Some in the crowd tossed copies of Ladybird's book into the fire while a librarian pleaded with them not to do that and grabbed a fire extinguisher. Votes: 2, In the past, a great library was the result of librarians functioning as guardians of culture, tending and caring, selecting and recommending works that maintained and nurtured a cultural heritage. Librarians are the majesties who loan the jewels of measure. Whenever God grew impatient and decided to destroy the world he remembered the librarians and stayed his hand. ET. Librarians are Unprankable. Who knows, maybe they'll seek help from you in the future. We need librarians who can handle this tremendous jumble of information that is in cyberspace. Seriously, my father threatened to give me a monogrammed pooper scooper for Christmas one year because of all the poo cleaning I did at work! They are defending library as warehouse as opposed to fighting for the future, which is librarian as producer, concierge, connector, teacher and impresario. You know, it's them that keep books, (he says) that know things in the end. So you're a librarian. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy. Melvin spent so much time at the library as a young boy, that you might say it was his second home, and he interacted with the three librarians - Marge, Betty, and Leeola - so often, that they … ""You're a librarian now. 'I always know what I'm talking about. Librarians are classified according to the type of library in which they work: a public library; school library media center; college, university, or other academic library; or special library. I walked straight to the library. Votes: 0, You see, I don't belive that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, that has been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. Here’s what they had to say. 1. IT WAS AWESOME.” —Sara, “I was working as a secretary for a terrible boss who often yelled at me. Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. I gave her my best librarian frown and put one finger to my lips. Tara and Lainie do a little bit of everything. A Book Keeper! Dial Books, Twitter: @adibkhorram. The training you provided allowed me to support our staff through the interaction safely. Votes: 1, Pulverized by literature,' thought Miss Laburnum. When I was an immigrant kid, they've made me feel like a human being and they gave me books that taught me English. you_know_what_they_say__.jpg R (19.9.2013 17:25) Jo, až na to, že to nejsou stopy přistání, ale vzletu Tento web používá k poskytování služeb, personalizaci reklam a analýze návštěvnosti soubory cookie . Every reader his or her book.Every book its reader. This just goes to show that librarians were destined to rule the Web. Mostly because I just love the readers and the teachers and librarians that I interact with. Votes: 0, My family has schoolteachers and librarians, and I think people who teach are probably some of our greatest American heroes. Once you can read, you can teach yourself anything. Para saber mais sobre nossa política de cookies, acesse link. In the past, a great library was the result of librarians functioning as guardians of culture, tending and caring, selecting and recommending works that maintained and nurtured a cultural heritage. Ao continuar com a navegação em nosso site, você aceita o uso de cookies. Votes: 1, Yes, librarians use punctuation marks to make little emoticons, smiley and frowny faces in their correspondence, but if there were one for an ironic wink, or a sarcastic lip curl, they'd wear it out. These dynamic and modern institutions, and the librarians who staff them, add immeasurably to our quality of life. Votes: 1, Why was it librarians had such a prim image? I could no longer pull wands, potions, and light sabers out of books, but when it came to research, give me a well-stocked library and I was a goddamned Merlin. My neighborhood library had a small collection. Votes: 2, All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers. Votes: 0, If book knowledge made great investors, than the librarians would all be rich. They seem to think that librarians pretend to know everything and love to play the game of catching the librarian with something she doesn't know. It's a magic alchemy when that works. Votes: 0, Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill. Thanks to these books, I learned to read and write English. One librarian particularly takes issue with the portrayal in Stranger Things, where the librarian is super mean and won’t let the boys check out any more books because they already had three out. You know what they say, if 8k box doesn’t give you anything, 9k will. 21 thoughts on “ What librarians do ” Brian Else B.A. Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything. It's a fight for our country's founding values. Librarians save lives: by handing the right book, at the right time, to a kid in need. Votes: 1, A book has been taken. Become a BuzzFeed News member. Votes: 1, In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us withfloaties and teach us how to swim." When I explain that I do indeed need a master’s, the next misconception makes its appearance: ‘But don’t librarians just shelve books all day?’” —Jenny. Tara and Lainie do a little bit of everything. Not just high culture but middle culture, low culture, kinds of exciting eye-catching crap of all kinds. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. I’ve cleaned hotel rooms, worked in child care; I cleaned the facilities at the University of Wyoming; I have even been homeless, all while raising my daughter. Or a reliable source of funding. About anything. I love the librarians, and I am grateful for them! Well, don’t judge a librarian by her job. Votes: 1, At least once a week, Dinsy was amused by the indignant sputtering of someone who had just spooned dill weed, not sugar, into a cup of Earl Grey tea. I wished I could take her to the library and hand her over to the librarians. Votes: 4, Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that? They are teachers without a classroom. Votes: 1, That night, Hallie was relieved when Linda Soares, the town librarian who'd spent years trying to impress Nick with her low-cut shirts and book recommendations, joined them for dinner. ''Oh, definitely. Boys Only. Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. Votes: 1, As a librarian for 18 years at the Merck branch of the Trenton Public Library, I was sorely tested by the slow-witted and obtuse among the citizenry Votes: 3, Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. School librarians play such an enormous role in bringing children to books they are going to enjoy. Note that the #1 Top Reviewer at Amazon (4550 book reviews) is Harriet Klausner, formerly an acquisitions librarian in Pennsylvania. You can search the Internet for the name of the book you think you remember — The Seduction of Hollywood, but you won’t find the biography of Warren Beatty that you want. All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers. Librarians lend people books from the library. Votes: 1, Libraries are always bigger on the inside because every book has an entire word inside of it. The keepers and defenders of the written word. Votes: 1, Why do prostitutes when they get straight always try and get so prim? I know of one semibarbarous zone whose librarians repudiate the "vain and superstitious habit" of trying to find sense in books, equating such a quest with attempting to find meaning in dreams or in the chaotic lines on the palms of one's hand. I was given the ability to create stories and characters. “For a while, we had a peacock who regularly visited the library and wandered around the park next door. Votes: 1, Members of the Order take vows of literacy, obstinancy and bibliomancy. Once you start looking for reel librarians, we’re everywhere! They open up the world. They are defending the library-as-warehouse concept, as opposed to fighting for the future, which is librarian as producer, concierge, connector, teacher, and impresario. Librarians are the secret masters of the world. Just like old librarians, old coins are often more valuable than they appear at face value. 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