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From: Elsa Marston <elsa.marston>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:47:19 -0500
I've felt a little on the margins of this discussion, being an author rather than librarian or editor, but have certainly found it eye-opening and interesting. Leonard Marcus's straightforward, concise, pithy responses have been a privilege to read. I look forward to reading more of MINDERS OF MAKE-BELIEVE, and am particularly intrigued by the first chapter, about 18th and 19th-century book publishing.
On the subject of why and when we personally "discovered books": I remember vividly the librarian in the children's room of the little Newton Centre, Massachusetts, public library, which was a big part of my life as a child. She was 40-ish, pretty, with a lovely smile, and she always made me feel welcome. And she was outstandingly kind when my twin sister threw up, one day, all over Munro Leaf.
Just another way of saying that we can discover books in a variety of ways, but the human connection is still one of the very best. I hope schools of library science, and anyone who works in a library, can keep in mind that a smile and a pleasant word are still just as important as the latest computer technology.
Elsa Marston
Received on Wed 30 Jul 2008 12:47:19 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:47:19 -0500
I've felt a little on the margins of this discussion, being an author rather than librarian or editor, but have certainly found it eye-opening and interesting. Leonard Marcus's straightforward, concise, pithy responses have been a privilege to read. I look forward to reading more of MINDERS OF MAKE-BELIEVE, and am particularly intrigued by the first chapter, about 18th and 19th-century book publishing.
On the subject of why and when we personally "discovered books": I remember vividly the librarian in the children's room of the little Newton Centre, Massachusetts, public library, which was a big part of my life as a child. She was 40-ish, pretty, with a lovely smile, and she always made me feel welcome. And she was outstandingly kind when my twin sister threw up, one day, all over Munro Leaf.
Just another way of saying that we can discover books in a variety of ways, but the human connection is still one of the very best. I hope schools of library science, and anyone who works in a library, can keep in mind that a smile and a pleasant word are still just as important as the latest computer technology.
Elsa Marston
Received on Wed 30 Jul 2008 12:47:19 PM CDT
