Re: Oprah-Librarian Bashing?

[Ruth Rogers <CRVHS_RSR@NCOCC.OHIO.GOV>]

So it looks like now there is even MORE reason for us to get on her show
to promote our "updated" profession and bring her up to speed, too!  Now
who was it that was going to call the show?  What happened?

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#Ruth Rogers, Library/Media Specialist#
#Crestview High School                #
#Ashland, OH (Richland County)        #
#crvhs_rsr@ncocc.ohio.gov             #
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On Mon, 3 Apr 1995, Barbara Gaugel wrote:

>      School Librarians' image suffered a blow on Friday's Oprah
> show(3/31/95). When a guest related her difficulty in finding a school
> librarian position after obtaining her Library Science degree, Oprah
> responded with, "That's no surprise. Remember your school librarian? She
> was there 75 years before you got there." So, that would make us all at
> least 97 years old!
>
> Barbara Conte Gaugel
> Syracuse City School District
> Syracuse, New York
>