[Publib] Missing the Boat (or Getting Wet, at least)

[Backwage at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/13/2009 4:09:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
bhaines at fppl.org writes:

Librarians are not now, never have been, and never will  be
irrelevant.


Well, I'm a librarian, working out of the trade.  Guess what?   Today I was 
in Los Angeles Public's main emporium, looking for a book.   This got me to 
thinking.  Back at the office I counted heads:  15  people present.  I 
asked each one of them if he/she had been in a public  library in the past year.
 
Answer:  Not one.  Not even the ones with kids.  Not even  the gal who 
reads voraciously.  She buys her books.  
 
So, I guess it's just me holding up the business, eh?  Them aren't  good 
figures, folks.  You see, it doesn't matter how valuable you are if  nobody 
believes it.  
 
What to do?  I'll accept ideas here.
 
M. M. 
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