Comments on: Librarians http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/06/librarians/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: J Scott Savage http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/06/librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-34549 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:34:28 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7770#comment-34549 Michael,

Great post! I lived in libraries as a kid. More often than I admit to my own kids, I started on my way to school and ended up spending the day at the library instead. And I totally get the humidity thing, having lived in NJ for three of those years.

My favorite part of libraries for as far back as I can remember was walking down the aisles and randomly pulling out different books. It was like having thousands of different worlds at your fingertips. Then, when I found an author or series I really liked, I would read everything they had.

One of my favorite things is seeing my books among the authors that made me so happy. Have a great time at ALA.

]]> By: Liz Hollar http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/06/librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-34546 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:31:11 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7770#comment-34546 I loved the library as a kid, and in high school I worked as a shelver at the local library. I was pretty fast, and after I’d finish a Juvy cart I’d curl up in the stacks and read a few picture books before grabbing another cart.

Great memories. Thanks for bringing them back.

]]> By: Joelle http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/06/librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-34545 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:27:09 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7770#comment-34545 Oh, and YES! Librarians have been very, very good to me. Both online and in the branches. I am extremely grateful for them!

]]> By: Joelle http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/06/librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-34544 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:25:23 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7770#comment-34544 Your Illinois in summer story takes me back to the summer of 2000. I spent three months in Chicago, studing improvisation, and stayed with my cousin who lived in Forest Hills. The Oak Park library is closer, and larger, but the Forest Hills library is one of the most beautiful libraries I’ve ever been in. I loved it so much (and thank goodness for the air conditioning after the ten minute walk to it). If I remember correctly, it’s two floors, and the children’s books are upstairs. There are easy chairs by a fireplace, and I used to imagine living in Forest Hills in the winter and making my way through the snow to sit there and read. I checked out loads of MG & YA while I was there, and even though I grew up with a great library system (Multnomah Count Libraries in Portland) and we have a fantastic library system here, and are having a big expansion done right now to our island library, I still think the Forest Hills one will always stand out. I’d love to go back again someday. Have you been there, Michael?

]]> By: Monica http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/06/librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-34543 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:43:15 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7770#comment-34543 Librarians rock!*

*FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a librarian.

]]> By: Kristin Laughtin http://www.dystel.com/blog/2012/06/librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-34541 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:57:51 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=7770#comment-34541 As a recent MLIS recipient and long-time library assistant, I appreciate this post very much. I hope you enjoy your first ALA. I’ll be there on Monday; maybe I’ll bump into you!

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