I hope those of you that read the article online also read the comments. Most of them felt the author has a very old-fashioned view of what a library really is, and I would agree with that. Libraries and librarians serve the public in many more ways than just recommending books; we are information professionals. Those people who still think of us in the traditional way have probably not been in a library in a long time. What we need to be better at is getting the word out about how libraries can serve the public and making libraries matter to the communities that support us.
Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI ep...@tbnonline.org<mailto:ep...@tbnonline.org> 248 865 0627
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