beyond measure: valuing libraries
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Beyond measure: Valuing libraries Chris Bourg
Stanford University Libraries
@mchris4dukePhoto credit:Flickr user tudedude
Valuing Libraries•Asserting value/s•Enacting values•Assessing value
“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a
librarian can bring you back the right one.”
-Neil Gaiman
Group of Librarians in Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. ALA Archives - University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“What do you talk about at a library conference? The Dewey Decimal System?”
“I’d love to be a librarian … you probably just read
all day, right?”
“Now that everything is online, do we really need
libraries?”
#thingsthatmakelibrarianscry
“What you do is the
definition of good. It’s very
noble and you are very
brave.”
-Henry Rollins
Photo credit: Flickr user catechism
Core Values• Access• Confidentiality/Privacy• Democracy
•Diversity• Education and Lifelong
Learning• Intellectual Freedom
• Preservation• The Public Good• Professionalism• Service• Social
Responsibility
Adopted June 29, 2004, by the ALA Council.
Diversity“We value our nation's
diversity and strive to reflect that diversity by providing a full spectrum of resources
and services to the communities we serve.”
How brave is your collection?
bv.stanford.edu
"If My Library Had the Book,
Sir..."
“With great
power comes
great
responsibility.”
Photo credit: Flickr rpeschetz
Books…Not just for reading anymore
Photo credit: Flickr user Call It Crazy
"the legendary Margaret Kimball helped me go
through the holdings and find what I needed. Jim
Kent, who runs the media and microfilm room at Green Library, and his
staff helped me in ways probably best kept
between us…"
The rock stars• Jacque Hettel (@jacquehettel)• Bess Sadler (@eosadler)• Glen Worthey (@gworthey)• Sarah Seestone• Katie Young
The original Angry Bird