Library Science Quotes

“I'll never know everything about anything, but I'll know something about almost everything and that's how I like to live.”
― Josh Hanagarne, The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

“What is the value of libraries? Through lifelong learning, libraries can and do change lives, a point that cannot be overstated.”
― Michael Gorman, Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century

“The job is to ask questions — it always was — and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.”
― Arthur Miller

“Since at least the Sixth Century all librarians have received extensive combat training and are lethal with even the common toothpick.”
― James Turner, Rex Libris, Volume I: I, Librarian

“...artificial intelligence will become a major human rights issue in the twenty-first century.”
― Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

“perpustakaan bukan hanya tentang pencarian, namun penemuan: bukan tentang akses, tapi berbagi.”
― Intje

“A library is a place to go for a reality check, a bracing dose of literature, or a "true reflection of our history," whether it's a brick-and-mortar building constructed a century ago or a fanciful arrangement of computer codes. The librarian is the organizer, the animating spirit behind it, and the navigator. Her job is to create order out of the confusion of the past, even as she enables us to blast into the future.”
― Marilyn Johnson, This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

“In my card catalogue, the Dewey Decimal System had placed him firmly under Ancient History.”
― S.E. Harmon, Stay with Me

“For every reader his or her book and for every book its reader.”
― S.R. Ranganathan