[Publib] RE: Publib Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3--Message: 22

[Sunnie Lovelace]

Connie,

Oh my goodness!  I absolutely love your library's motto: 

The Elkhart Public Library provides access to resources which inform,
educate, enlighten and entertain our diverse community.....Books are
just the beginning.

"Books are just the beginning" is an absolute stroke of genius.  Do you think it has an impact on how your library is perceived in your community?  Have other libraries improved their public relations by using similarly genius mottos?

S.A.L.




Message: 22
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:16:39 -0500
From: "Connie Jo Ozinga" <cjo at elkhart.lib.in.us>
Subject: [Publib] great librarian stereotype quote
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I've just read Elfenheim by Michael Flynn and was very delighted with
the following, quoted from page 65.
 
    "The librarian, ....stood by the table with the carton he had just
finished braced against her hip.  She was a fine-featured woman, decked
with a long print dress and adorned by large, plain glasses.  Her hair
met behind her in a tight bun.
    Lieber Gott, Tom thought.  An archetype!
 
I for one would much rather be an archetype than a stereotype.
 
Connie
 
Connie Jo Ozinga, Director  cjo at elkhart.lib.in.us
<blocked::mailto:cjo at elkhart.lib.in.us>  
(574)522-3333  www.elkhart.lib.in.us
Elkhart Public Library Elkhart, IN  46516
 
The Elkhart Public Library provides access to resources which inform,
educate, enlighten and entertain our diverse community.....Books are
just the beginning.

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