This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, (Paperback)

from KC9333

Library lovers have all heard the gloom and doom predictions that Google and the Internet are making libraries obsolete. Yet this author looks at many libraries and finds them not only relevant but vibrant. Her book is a fast, enjoyable read. The chapters cover many diverse topics in libraryland ...

from droether

With the question of the future of libraries on the line in the minds of some, Johnson's book is a timely work that sheds light on the wildly diverse world of librarianship. Some argue that the library is an antiquated institution that is not necessary in the world of the iPad, ebooks, and Google...

from nomadreader

What I didn't know, but perhaps should have inferred from the book's title (This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All) is the author, Marilyn Johnson, is not a librarian. The book isn't necessarily aimed at librarians, although I think there are things all librarians, r...

from firedog

For everyone interested in libraries, this seems like an important book. Marilyn Johnson gives a wonderful overview of current day libraries and librarians. Johnson's writing is both humorous and informative.I've always been interested in libraries. I grew up in a small town and we had a public l...

from CBJames

I always wanted to be a librarian. I am an English teacher so it's not really that much of a stretch. I think it would be fun to sit behind a desk and recommend books to people, help them find some odd piece of information they need for a project of some sort. And, I would be paid to open boxes f...