This is what a librarian looks like : a celebration of libraries, communities, and access to information / Kyle Cassidy.
An inspiring tribute in text and photos to librarians and libraries in all fifty American states and Canada describes the diverse backgrounds and motivations of today's librarians and includes original essays by such contributors as Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, and Paula Poundstone.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316393980
- ISBN: 0316393983
- ISBN: 9780316393997
- Physical Description: 234 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2017.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes indexes.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction: Alexandria is still burning -- America's first lending library: The Library Company of Philadelphia -- A library of mud: Steve Tinney and the Tablet Room at the University of Pennsylvania -- To serve everybody: Nick Higgins, Rikers Island, and the Brooklyn Public Library -- The little library that tried: Mary Anne Antonellis and the M. N. Spear Memorial Library, Shutesbury, Massachusetts -- History you can hold: Julie Bartlett Nelson and the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library, Northampton Massachusetts -- The American Girl: Briony Zlomke Beckstrom and the Franklin Public Library, Franklin, Wisconsin -- Bringing the library to you: Bretagne Byrd and the Lewis & Clark Bookmobile, Montana -- A Public Space: Tina Ely and the Greybull Public Library, Wyoming -- The Cathedral of Learning: Candice Mack and the Los Angeles Central Library -- Archiving the past: Texas A&M and the University of Iowa: plus George R. R. Martin gives me some thoughts on libraries -- Afterword: Home again -- Words from guest authors: Neil Gaiman; Amy Dickinson; Cory Doctorow; Jeff Vandermeer; John Scalzi; Jude Deveraux; Amanda Palmer; Nancy Pearl; Paula Poundstone; Sara Farizan; Peter Sagal; Samira Ahmed; Sangu Mandanna.
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Summary:
An inspiring tribute in text and photos to librarians and libraries in all fifty American states and Canada describes the diverse backgrounds and motivations of today's librarians and includes original essays by such contributors as Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, and Paula Poundstone.
