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jesscinco's review against another edition
4.0
Great overview of the librarian profession and culture.
rebeccacider's review against another edition
4.0
This book was definitely a great advertisement for the profession, especially as it was written by someone outside the profession. Its evocation of the tattooed knitting zinester librarian cliche (certainly better than the shushing bun cliche) could have become a wee bit silly, but I think it mostly managed not to.
*browses other reviews* No, it wasn't a serious-minded document that used dollar signs and political philosophy to change the way government and citizens think about libraries, but it was a charismatic document that will make people question the "libraries are obsolete" fallacy. It does what it sets out to do, I think.
It was a major oversight for there to be an entire chapter about Second Life and hardly a mention of school librarians (whose presence in a school is shown statistically to raise test scores). Maybe I'm just bitter because my computer isn't fast enough to really run Second Life.
I could also have used a feminist-analysis-of-the-history-of-librarianship chapter, but that might have come on a little strong. ;)
*browses other reviews* No, it wasn't a serious-minded document that used dollar signs and political philosophy to change the way government and citizens think about libraries, but it was a charismatic document that will make people question the "libraries are obsolete" fallacy. It does what it sets out to do, I think.
It was a major oversight for there to be an entire chapter about Second Life and hardly a mention of school librarians (whose presence in a school is shown statistically to raise test scores). Maybe I'm just bitter because my computer isn't fast enough to really run Second Life.
I could also have used a feminist-analysis-of-the-history-of-librarianship chapter, but that might have come on a little strong. ;)
zenarae's review against another edition
2.0
I tried really hard to like this book, but I felt like it provided me no new insight about the profession and how it is going to help citizens in the current day and age. It read like a love letter to librarians, which, while sweet, was overall disappointing.
jrf1108's review against another edition
3.0
Not as illuminating as I wanted it to be, but still interesting.
nglofile's review against another edition
This isn't a bad book by any stretch; it's just difficult for me to picture the intended audience. It isn't anything new for current library staff, and I can't imagine it holds much interest for anyone else. I'm happy to be wrong, but someone will have to convince me.
audiobook note: Somnolent narration by Hillary Huber.
audiobook note: Somnolent narration by Hillary Huber.
cupcake_overlord's review against another edition
5.0
This book is what made me become a librarian. I had already thought about that career path, and this sealed the deal.
lanica's review against another edition
4.0
It's a book that makes me proud to be a librarian...and makes me feel as though I'm a sloth running with a field of cheetahs. I thought I was obsessive and up to date, I'm just not that energetic.
juliana_aldous's review against another edition
3.0
Eclectic little book celebrating today's librarians.
bak8382's review against another edition
4.0
As a recent graduate of a MLIS program and a library worker bee myself I was excited to read this book of stories about other librarians.
What was so great about this book was that she focused on librarians who defy the stereotypes. These stories show the public that librarians are more than just gray haired shushers guarding books. They are people of all ages, races, and belief systems united in the goal of helping people, and the ways they are able to do that are as varied as their backgrounds. I really appreciate Johnson's enthusiasm for librarians, and I hope the one thing that other people take away from this book is that same enthusiasm.
Ironically as I write this my copy of the book is in fact one day overdue! Never fear my library has a three day grace period and the book will be returned in the morning:)
What was so great about this book was that she focused on librarians who defy the stereotypes. These stories show the public that librarians are more than just gray haired shushers guarding books. They are people of all ages, races, and belief systems united in the goal of helping people, and the ways they are able to do that are as varied as their backgrounds. I really appreciate Johnson's enthusiasm for librarians, and I hope the one thing that other people take away from this book is that same enthusiasm.
Ironically as I write this my copy of the book is in fact one day overdue! Never fear my library has a three day grace period and the book will be returned in the morning:)