"The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories."
"This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them."
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"In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste."
"Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them!"
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"In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of their ideals, intelligence, and knowledge, not to mention their commitment to access for all—librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy, and they’re right. Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the Ph.D…In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste."
"Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy."