Our own selves: more meditations for librarians

by Gorman, Michael

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Title Statements

Full title :Our own selves : more meditations for librarians / Michael Gorman ; decorations by Emma Gorman.

Summary

"In Our Own Selves, Michael Gorman follows up his popular first collection of meditations, Our Singular Strengths (ALA Editions, 1997). Our Own Selves presents one hundred new meditations specifically addressing issues at the heart of the library profession. With such intriguing essays as "Four Centuries of Information Overload" and "The Curse of PowerPoint," Gorman offers potent reminders that librarians are far from helpless in addressing these challenging times in their profession. Each reflective essay opens with a quote and concludes with a "resolution," allowing for a quick mental pick-up. The affirmations that conclude each meditation present attitudes and actions that reaffirm the value of librarianship and re-introduce the joys that make it unlike any other vocation."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):American Library Association
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 224 pages ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0838908969, 9780838908969
oclc:ocm56903935
LC Classification:Z665.2.U6
Dewey Decimal:020/.973

Reading and books -- Places -- People -- Values -- Library services -- Then and now -- Technology -- Practicalities -- The eightfold path -- This and that.

Subjects

Bibliothéconomie -- États-Unis Bibliotheekwetenschap Bibliothekswissenschaft library science Library science -- United States Lyrik Meditation United States