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Not long ago I was invited to a librarians’ event by a lady who cheerfully told me, We like to think of ourselves as ‘information providers.’ I was appalled by this want of ambition; I made my excuses and didn’t go. After all, if you have a choice, why not call yourselves Shining Acolytes of the Sacred Flame of Literacy in a Dark and Encroaching Universe? I admit this is hard to put on a button, so why not abbreviate it to librarians?

Terry Pratchett

Not long ago I was invited to a librarians’ event by a lady who cheerfully told me, We like to think of ourselves as ‘information providers.’ I was appalled by this want of ambition; I made my excuses and didn’t go. After all, if you have a choice, why not call yourselves Shining Acolytes of the Sacred Flame of Literacy in a Dark and Encroaching Universe? I admit this is hard to put on a button, so why not abbreviate it to librarians?

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