Overheard at PLA
March 25th, 2006 by Beth Gallaway“I don’t have handouts I tried to write them out last night and my hand got tired.”
~Aaron Schmidt, Thomas Ford Memorial Library
“Libraries are not the warehouse for books, but a place for people to interact.”
~Dr. David Liroff, WGBH
“You don’t want any problems with teenagers at your public library at 3:30? One word: Padlock.”
~Patrick Jones, on the inevitableness of avoiding after school behavior/noise issues at the library
“What’s Unshelved?”
~10,000 librarians who didn’t get an Unshelved banner for their badges
“We need to get video games.”
~an assistant manager, to her director
“Congratulations, Mr. President!”
~librarian to Bernie Margolis, director of the BPL, on the successful all conference reception
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