Beyond measure: Valuing libraries
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Beyond measure: Valuing libraries Chris Bourg
Stanford University Libraries
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Valuing Libraries•Asserting value/s•Enacting values•Assessing value
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“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
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“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
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“What you do is the
definition of good. It’s very
noble and you are very
brave.”
-Henry Rollins
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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.
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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.”
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How brave is your collection?
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bv.stanford.edu
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"If My Library Had the Book,
Sir..."
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“With great
power comes
great
responsibility.”
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Books…Not just for reading anymore
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"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…"
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The rock stars• Jacque Hettel (@jacquehettel)• Bess Sadler (@eosadler)• Glen Worthey (@gworthey)• Sarah Seestone• Katie Young
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The original Angry Bird