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This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

Marilyn Johnson

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Feb 05, 2010 Sarah Sammis rated it liked it

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I am currently a library and information science student. I read This Book is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson as part of my research for my Patron 2.0 paper. Even if I weren't a library student right now I would have read the book as I'm such a fan of libraries, especially public ones.

For me, therefore, Chapter 4: "The Blog People" was of the most interest. It looks at the history of blogging and especially blogging by librarians. Library blogs can be divided into three main groups: blogs run by lib ...more

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Apr 20, 2018 Daniel Cornwall rated it liked it

I think that I would have liked this book more if either I had read it right when it came out in 2010/2011 or if I had not read Ms. Johnson's Lives in Ruins about archaeologists and their work. So much belt tightening has been forced on libraries since this book came out. And while Ms. Johnson clearly likes and appreciates librarians, it's clear that she has way more passion for archaeologists.

This book focuses on public and academic librarians. Special librarians get a nod here and there. No me ...more

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