The blog Hey, There’s a Dead Guy in the Living Room has posted “Ten misperceptions about public libraries” and it’s a generally wonderful list. I first thought was to encourage libraries to print out a nice copy and post it somewhere the public could read it. But then again check out item #4. Maybe that’s not something you’d want to make too public. How about posting “Nine misperceptions about public libraries” and providing the URL of the original (which you should do anyway; always give credit where credit is due) so people can read the complete list if they want to.
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.
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The blog Hey, There’s a Dead Guy in the Living Room has posted “Ten misperceptions about public libraries” and it’s a generally wonderful list. I first thought was to encourage libraries to print out a nice copy and post it somewhere the public could read it. But then again check out item #4. Maybe that’s not something you’d want to make too public. How about posting “Nine misperceptions about public libraries” and providing the URL of the original (which you should do anyway; always give credit where credit is due) so people can read the complete list if they want to.