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In order to be really good as a librarian, everything counts towards your work, every play you go see, every concert you hear, every trip you take, everything you read, everything you know. I don’t know of another occupation like that. The more you know, the better you’re going to be.

~ Allen Smith

Allen Smith Knowledge Librarianship

Librarians hoard the wisdom of humanity. They are the keepers of all knowledge, the guardians at the temples of understanding and devoted protectors of the sanctuary in the midst of uneducated anarchy.

~ Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert Anarchy Knowledge Librarians Librarianship Understanding Wisdom

When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too.

~ Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers Community Democracy Librarianship Libraries Progressivism

Every day, librarians enforce copyright policies that we may disagree with and that, in some ways, run contrary to the values of our profession. Every day, librarians must decide between a desire to preserve the privacy of our community members and offering services our communities demand. Every day, librarians must make a choice between doing what’s easy, doing what’s right, and determining what’s right in the first place. No textbook or mission statement or policy document can relieve us of the necessity to make those decisions, nor remove the complexity of those decisions. That’s why we are librarians and why librarians are professionals, not clerks. That’s why we are stewards within the communities we serve, not servants to them. That’s why we must shape the missions and the work of our organizations and communities, and not simply accept them.

~ R. David Lankes

R. David Lankes Books Censorship Copyright Librarianship Library Mission Statement Policies Readers

She, of all people, knew the sacred trust that word -- librarian -- implied. Because a librarian was supposed to to be a spiritual, intellectual mentor who kept your secrets and didn't give you a funny look when you checked out a book on the care and feeding of pythons...A librarian opened up new doors for you, intellectually, too, without shoving you through them.A librarian was important.

~ Beth Fantaskey

Beth Fantaskey Librarians Librarianship Teen

Everybody should have a librarian.

~ Beth Fantaskey

Beth Fantaskey Librarians Librarianship Teen
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