This is what a librarian looks like a celebration of libraries, communities, and access to information /
This 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. Includes original essays by such contributors as Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, and Paula Poundstone.
| Main Author: | Cassidy, Kyle, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers,
2017.
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| Physical Description: |
vi, 234 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Alexandria is still burning
- Guest author: Neil Gaiman
- America's first lending library: The Library Company of Philadelphia
- Guest author: Amy Dickinson
- A library of mud: Steve Tinney and the Tablet Room at the University of Pennsylvania
- Guest author: Cory Doctorow
- To serve everybody: Nick Higgins, Rikers Island, and the Brooklyn Public Library
- Guest author: Jeff Vandermeer
- The little library that tried: Mary Anne Antonellis and the M. N. Spear Memorial Library, Shutesbury, Massachusetts
- Guest author: John Scalzi
- History you can hold: Julie Bartlett Nelson and the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library, Northampton Massachusetts
- Guest author: Jude Deveraux
- Guest author: Amanda Palmer
- The American Girl: Briony Zlomke Beckstrom and the Franklin Public Library, Franklin, Wisconsin
- Guest author: Nancy Pearl
- Bringing the library to you: Bretagne Byrd and the Lewis & Clark Bookmobile, Montana
- Guest author: Paula Poundstone
- Guest author: Sara Farizan
- A Public Space: Tina Ely and the Greybull Public Library, Wyoming
- Guest author: Peter Sagal
- The Cathedral of Learning: Candice Mack and the Los Angeles Central Library
- Guest author: Samira Ahmed
- Archiving the past: Texas A&M and the University of Iowa: plus George R. R. Martin gives me some thoughts on libraries
- Guest author: Sangu Mandanna
- Afterword: Home again.