Librarian Tales Quotes

“all tax-paying citizens support the library. That includes citizens of different ethnicities and economic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ citizens, and citizens who hold different religious beliefs. Not just the wealthy, white, straight, Christian, cis-gendered citizens.”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

“and I’ll never know what it was like to try to find a book title without the ease of a Google search, to check out items with due date slips and stamps, or to convert the physical card catalog to a computer database.”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

“Friends organization.”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

“thrilling of all, shelf reading.”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

“original Carnegie building,”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

“Carnegie”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

“The public library was a small brick building two blocks away from the elementary school. A”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

“While I do admit the prospect of using a megaphone to confront a patron talking loudly on a cell phone is tempting, that’s rarely the case.”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

“Osage and Pawnee peoples in Kansas.”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

“Public libraries are for all citizens in their communities. It's written in the American Library Association's Bill of Rights: 'Libraries should provide materials and information presenting to all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.”
― William Ottens, Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks