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This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.42 — 4,841 ratings — published
The Library Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.88 — 124,930 ratings — published 2018
The Organization of Information (Library and Information Science Text Series)
by (shelved 23 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.10 — 1,046 ratings — published 1997
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,928 ratings — published 2018
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.74 — 9,694 ratings — published 2014
Foundations of Library and Information Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.34 — 1,144 ratings — published 1998
The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.36 — 603 ratings — published 2018
The One-Shot Library Instruction Survival Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.06 — 141 ratings — published 2014
What They Don't Teach You in Library School (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.42 — 164 ratings — published 2010
Library and Information Center Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.09 — 663 ratings — published 1993
Library: An Unquiet History (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.50 — 1,942 ratings — published 2003
The Black Belt Librarian: Real-World Safety & Security (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.54 — 754 ratings — published 2006
Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.32 — 458 ratings — published 2004
The New Librarianship Field Guide (Mit Press)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.86 — 196 ratings — published 2016
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.50 — 12,562 ratings — published 2016
BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.43 — 949 ratings — published 2015
From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children's Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.92 — 965 ratings — published 1997
The Atlas of New Librarianship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.82 — 261 ratings — published 2011
Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays from Progressive Librarian (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.81 — 103 ratings — published 2008
Reference and Information Services: An Introduction (Library & Information Science Text)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.32 — 511 ratings — published 1991
Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century : An Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.48 — 837 ratings — published 2006
Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.24 — 2,431 ratings — published 2022
The Library at Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,986 ratings — published 2006
Book Lust (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,659 ratings — published 2003
Not Free, Not for All: Public Libraries in the Age of Jim Crow (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
by (shelved 10 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.93 — 61 ratings — published 2015
Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.54 — 2,810 ratings — published 2007
Quiet, Please: Dispatches From A Public Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.19 — 1,810 ratings — published 2008
The Portable MLIS: Insights from the Experts (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.53 — 234 ratings — published 2008
The Giver of Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.29 — 512,426 ratings — published 2019
Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,342 ratings — published 2018
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.76 — 11,298 ratings — published 2017
This Is What a Librarian Looks Like: A Celebration of Libraries, Communities, and Access to Information (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.18 — 857 ratings — published 2017
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.82 — 12,533 ratings — published 2013
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,152 ratings — published 2011
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.52 — 4,325 ratings — published 2010
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.49 — 18,617 ratings — published 2009
The Nextgen Librarian's Survival Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.21 — 108 ratings — published 2006
Revolting Librarians Redux: Radical Librarians Speak Out (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.54 — 156 ratings — published 2003
Developing Library and Information Center Collections (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.26 — 289 ratings — published 1995
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,776 ratings — published 2020
Feminists Among Us: Resistance and Advocacy in Library Leadership (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.18 — 72 ratings — published
Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.77 — 315 ratings — published 2015
The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.05 — 182 ratings — published 2015
Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction (Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies)
by (shelved 8 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.09 — 116 ratings — published 2013
Marketing Today's Academic Library: A Bold New Approach to Communicating with Students (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.64 — 45 ratings — published 2009
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,598 ratings — published 2024
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.03 — 121,798 ratings — published 2020
The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as librarianship)
avg rating 4.12 — 219 ratings — published 2001
The Whole Library Handbook 4: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa about Libraries and Library Services (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.75 — 108 ratings — published 1991
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Library Services (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as librarianship)
avg rating 3.62 — 100 ratings — published
“I think you’re more an archivist than a librarian,” he said.
He told me that archivists and librarians were opposite personas. True librarians are unsentimental. They’re pragmatic, concerned with the newest, cleanest, most popular books. Archivists, on the other hand, are only peripherally interested in what other people like, and much prefer the rare to the useful.
”They like everything,” he said, “gum wrappers as much as books.” He said this with a hint of disdain.
”Librarians like throwing away garbage to make space, but archivists,” he said, “they’re too crazy to throw anything out.”
”You’re right,” I said. ”I’m more of an archivist.”
”And I’m more of a librarian,” he said.
”Can we still be friends?”
― Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
He told me that archivists and librarians were opposite personas. True librarians are unsentimental. They’re pragmatic, concerned with the newest, cleanest, most popular books. Archivists, on the other hand, are only peripherally interested in what other people like, and much prefer the rare to the useful.
”They like everything,” he said, “gum wrappers as much as books.” He said this with a hint of disdain.
”Librarians like throwing away garbage to make space, but archivists,” he said, “they’re too crazy to throw anything out.”
”You’re right,” I said. ”I’m more of an archivist.”
”And I’m more of a librarian,” he said.
”Can we still be friends?”
― Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
“The truth is out there, but the truth also seems to be very subjective. With access to so many types of information, there is bound to be some miscommunication that goes on in libraries. "Some" could be an understatement. Okay, there is a lot of miscommunication happening. To combat this, librarians strive to develop excellent listening skills, impeccable library instruction, and good follow-up questions. And a killer poker face hidden by a fashionable pair of glasses never hurts.”
― I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
― I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
