On 6/9/06, Dan Lester <dan_at_riverofdata.com> wrote:
> Final thought on this. I took Reference in 1964. There was a little
> 39 page book we used as part of the course:
>
> Patrons are people;
> how to be a model librarian.
> Author: Wallace, Sarah Leslie, 1914-1988.
> Publication: Chicago, American Library Association, 1956
>
> It used many cartoons as illustrations, and I've always remembered one
> where it shows a patron asking something like "What is the capitol of
> Albania" and the librarian coming back with an armload of books of all
> sorts.
I (just a patron) got this from remote storage at a local library.
(The fact that a 36p booklet from 1956 is available to me locally--
wow, libraries are cool.)
Thanks for mentioning it. It's a wonderful collection of experience,
advice, and cultural flavor. Exactly the sort of thing I'd hope to
read more of, since I'm trying to get more familiar with where
libraries have been and where they're going.
Cheers,
Jeremy
Received on Wed Jun 14 2006 - 10:52:35 EDT