BURIED IN INFO? CROSS-EYED OVER TECHNOLOGY? FROM THE BOTTOM OF A PILE OF PAPER AND DISCS, BOOKS, E-BOOKS, AND SCATTERED THUMB DRIVES COMES A CRY OF HOPE MAKE WAY FOR THE LIBRARIANS! THEY WANT TO HELP. THEY'RE NOT SELLING A THING. AND LIBRARIANS KNOW BEST HOW TO BEAT A PATH THROUGH THE GOOGOLPLEX SOURCES OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US, WRITES MARILYN JOHNSON, WHOSE PREVIOUS BOOK, "THE DEAD BEAT," BREATHED MERRY LIFE INTO THE OBITUARY-WRITING PROFESSION.
"THIS BOOK IS OVERDUE!" IS A ROMP THROUGH THE RANKS OF INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS AND A REVELATION FOR READERS BURNED OUT ON THE CLICHES AND STEREOTYPING OF LIBRARIANS. BLUNT AND OBSCENELY FUNNY BLOGGERS SPILL THEIR STORIES IN THESE PAGES, AS DO A TATTOOED, HARD-PARTYING CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN; A FRESH-SCRUBBED CATHOLIC COUPLE WHO TEACH MISSIONARIES TO USE COMPUTERS; A BLUE-HAIRED RADICAL WHO USES HER SMARTPHONE TO HELP GUIDE STREET PROTESTORS; A PLETHORA OF VOLUPTUOUS AVATARS AND CYBRARIANS; THE QUIET, LAW-ABIDING LIBRARIANS GAGGE
ISBN Number | 9780061431609 |
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Author/s | JOHNSON M |
Format | Book |
Edition | 1ST - 2010 |
Publisher | HARPER COLLINS US |
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