I am quite certain that no oaths preventing open fires or live animals are required by any of us in today’s libraries. Nonetheless, I believe we should require that each student enter the library and leave with something in return. Perhaps a book or periodical or journal is checked out — other times students come and go with only their notebooks and backpacks. Our challenge is to ensure that each time students on campuses throughout our nation use our respective facilities, they are enhanced in some small way — their knowledge is expanded, their perspective is broadened, their minds are enlightened, their understanding is increased.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
View all posts by Michael Sauers
