MAD Librarian: You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Library

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THIS IS A BOOK of fantasy. But it is about a race of fantastic creatures who actually inhabit some of the most underfunded and overworked places in our often-dirty real world.

They’re called librarians, and, more and more, they’re called on to shoulder any burden the rest of us don’t want. They sign up to work with books, and wind up looking after kids dropped off for day care from moms who can’t find anything else, caring for homeless men who can’t find anywhere else, providing medical and legal advice, and helping people find jobs. The list stretches to infinity. The resources don’t.

But what if they did? What if a librarian had all the power and money she needed?

This book is dedicated to the librarians who should have more but who always, always find a way to do more.

Four of those remarkable librarians inspired the birth of this book, guided it as it grew, and pointed the way to use it to help mad librarians everywhere. The librarians in this book are pale shadows of these remarkable women who make their communities and libraries better every day. Thank you all, my librarian goddesses:

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