![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You said that about 4,000 times, and guess what, your readership probably respects librarians, too. Yes, yes, I know, you respect librarians. Johnson falls flat when she goes into cheerleader mode. And I love that the author acknowledges that some librarians are evil enough to bounce to the front of material waiting lists. ![]() And the chapter on “Second Life” librarians made me, um, feel a lot better about the time I spend on Goodreads. The chapter that compassionately contrasts the desire of an aging New York librarian, who wants to preserve a unique but rarely used collection, with the push of young, hipper librarians who focus on customer service and the needs of the broader public, is well done. Should the book be a serious analysis of the manner in which libraries and librarians are changing, for better or for worse, with the rise of technology? Should it be a memoir-ish narrative of the author's experience visiting libraries (both in real and Second Life) and librarians? What about a huggy chapter on teaching potential librarians from developing cultures how to use technology to improve the lives of their patrons? These parts coalesce less into a coherent whole and more into what seems like what could have been a long magazine article stretched thin into an undersized book with large font. This Book is Overdue is a quick read with an identity crisis. ![]()
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