Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefore, its leaders, its integrators and its bodyguards.
Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off.
Librarians are not just gatekeepers to knowledge, they are what the American Indians used to call their special sages who preserved the oral legends of a tribe: dream keepers.
God bless the Reference Librarians
Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders of the written word.
In the past, a great library was the result of librarians functioning as guardians of culture, tending and caring, selecting and recommending works that maintained and nurtured a cultural heritage.
Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe records of men's watch upon the world and on themselves.
