“I think you’d like it here. Words fill the room and silence holds them there. It’s a sanctuary for the wise and a mecca for the curious - wish you were here”
Librarian/Bibliotecario
The Librarian, 1960
George Herms
American, 1935-
Assemblage: wood box, papers, books, loving cup, and painted stool
57 x 63 x 21 in. (144.8 x 160 x 53.3 cm)
Norton Simon Museum
Librarians…
2 months ago on March 14, 2012 at 03:52pm with 18 notes
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Prison Library Offers A Place To Escape — NPR
Some 1,700 residents of the Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland make very good use of their library. Most inmates will never win early release, so the library becomes a place to improve reading skills, write a letter home, watch an instructional video on auto mechanics or just escape, mentally. Host Liane Hansen visits the prison to talk with longtime prison librarian Glennor Shirley. Shirley runs the libraries for the entire Maryland prison system
seriously. you don’t want to.
From Paul Thurlby’s Alphabet (2012)
What can I do, my dear, to catch your ear?
I love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian.
The Magazine of the American Library Association has been compiling information for prospective attendees to its Midwinter Meeting, hosted here in Dallas at the end of January. The most interesting tidbit the head librarians have offered on their blog? A dining list for librarians, by librarians.
Caroline Kennedy at 2011 I Love My Librarian Award ceremony ›
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We need visionary librarians who understand how to integrate technology into their curriculum and who can help students learn the higher-order critical thinking skills they will need to succeed.
[…]
None of these efforts would have been possible without dedicated, committed and visionary librarians. Professionals who are excited about their changing role in a changing world - who are dedicated to serving others, who respect scholarship, and who understand that you are our guides on a life long journey of intellectual collaboration and collaborative composition. Your work is truly life changing.
[…]
I’m of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.
Cindy Sherman, “Untitled Film Still #13″
Gelatin silver print. 20″ x 16″
1978
~ this image of Sherman playing librarian fetched $905,000 at Christie’s in 2008.
5 months ago on December 20, 2011 at 09:55am with 116 notes
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