Starting this fall, information professionals will have a new and unique opportunity prepare for leadership roles in libraries and knowledge-centric organizations– such as law firms. St. John’s University’s Division of Library and Information Science is accepting applications for a new online program for an Advanced Certificate in Management for Information Professionals. Information about enrollment
Librarianship
First Librarian, First Woman, First African-American Nominated to Post of Librarian of Congress
By Jean O'Grady on
For my entire career it has been a sore point that the post of Librarian of Congress has been occupied by poets, scholars, historians… but never filled by a professional librarian. Until now the position has been a lifetime appointment. The previous Librarian of Congress was James Billlington who resigned in September of 2015. Mr.
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Librarian as Hero: The Bard, The Bribe, The Bookseller, the “Cuban Cutie” and the Mystery of the Durham First Folio
By Jean O'Grady on
So a man sporting Fendi shades, Gucci shoes and carrying a box of Cuban cigars walks into the Folger Shakespeare Library in DC and pulls a Shakespeare First Folio from a plastic bag and demands to see the librarian.
This is a remarkable “truth is stranger than fiction” tale. The characters and facts are dazzling,
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