Books about Libraries

[Shonda Brisco <cowboys@OK.AZALEA.NET>]

Without knowing what area of librarianship your daughter is going
into--public schools, university level, public libraries, special
libraries--it's hard to give just one reference for a book about libraries
that is nonfiction---there are so-o-o many!   However, as a school librarian
I highly recommend "The Indispensable Librarian" by Doug Johnson.  We used
it as a "text" but I'm finished with my MLIS and I now keep it on my desk as
a reference--or even a "pick-me-up"--when I need to find fast information
relating to issues that school librarians face daily!  This book is a "great
read" and one that I've enjoyed recommending to others!  I think my
professor made a wise choice in selecting it because it was practical and
useful to me--and I hope to others in the school library section of the
profession. (Aside from Information Power, I don't have many of my texts
sitting around my desk at work--so this book is one that I really like!)

There are others that I have on shelves throughout my home---but this is my
favorite!   (From a "non-fiction-reader-for-fun" type person....I actually
pick nonfiction books up more often than fiction!)  Oh, dear....I must get a
life! (Or help with getting the next Harry Potter books out...I'm suffering
from my recent but unexpected "fiction exposure" with the Potter books, now
I'm hooked on the genre!)  But I digress...good luck!  Happy Reading!

Shonda Brisco
LMS
Oklahoma School for the Blind
bso@ok.azalea.net
cowboys@ok.azalea.net (home)

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