Marilyn Johnson Quotes

• In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Tough Times, Waste, Librarian

  Marilyn Johnson (2010). “This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All”, p.12, Harper Collins

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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.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Commitment, Loss, Player

  Marilyn Johnson (2010). “This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• 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 PhD.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Player, Essentials, Levels

  Marilyn Johnson (2010). “This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them!

  Marilyn Johnson

  Library, Courses

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• The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Stories, Down And, Waterfalls

  "Marilyn Johnson: The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, And The Perverse Pleasures Of Obituaries" by Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. March 21, 2006.

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• There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're trying to conjure them up.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Death, Writing, Trying

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• Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Democracy, Foundation, Information

  Marilyn Johnson (2010). “This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Important, Gone, Certain

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• This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Romance, Modern, Staff

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• Siempre necesitaremos libros impresos que no muten como lo hacen los libros digitales; siempre necesitaremos lugares para exponer libros, auditorios para charlas sobre libros, círculos para la hora del cuento; siempre necesitaremos bibliotecas físicas.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Book, Bricks And Mortar, Circles

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• Estaba bajo la protección de los bibliotecarios. Funcionarios y servidores de la civilidad, me cubrían las espaldas. Serían lo que tuvieran que ser ese día: profesionales de la información, profesores, policías, organizadores comunitarios, técnicos informáticos, historiadores, confidentes, oficinistas, trabajadores sociales, narradores o, en este caso, guardianes de mi paz.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Teacher, Community, Police

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• They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons and themselves.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Men, Favorite Words, Shoes

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• Los buenos bibliotecarios son operadores naturales de la inteligencia. Poseen todas las habilidades y características requeridas para ese trabajo: curiosidad, amplios conocimientos, buena memoria, organización y aptitud analítica, y discreción.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Memories, Skills, Organization

  Marilyn Johnson (2010). “This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All”, p.10, Harper Collins

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