The reviews are continuing to come in about Marilyn Johnson’s forthcoming book, This Book is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All (on sale February 2010). In addition to the amazing review we received from Booklist, check out these wonderful quotes:
“Johnson does for the library profession what Malcolm Gladwell did for the theory of memetics in The Tipping Point.”
-Nora Rawlinson, Co-Founder and Editor, EarlyWord.com
“I have worked as a librarian for 35 years. In these pages I met the past, present and future of my profession. Johnson knows what we know. It is great to be a librarian!”
-Barbara Genco, Librarian and Collection Development Consultant
For those of you attending ALA-Midwinter in Boston next month, please do not miss your opportunity to meet Marilyn where she will be signing complimentary copies of her book, This Book is Overdue during the conference:
Monday, January 18, 2010
HarperCollins booth (#1403)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Boston Convention Center
415 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts
ALTAFF Author Tea
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Hyatt Regency Boston
Grand Ballroom
1 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, Massachusetts
For tickets or additional information about the ALTAFF Author Tea, visit: www.ala.org/altaff
or call 1-800-545-2433 x2161
In addition to hearing Marilyn speak about This Book is Overdue, check out the other authors that will be featured at the ALTAFF Tea:
- Holly LeCraw, The Swimming Pool (Doubleday)
- Janice Y.K. Lee, The Piano Teacher (Viking)
- Karl Marlantes, Matterhorn (Atlantic Monthly Press)
- Teri Woods, Dutch II: Angel’s Revenge (Grand Central Publishing)
We are very excited about This Book is Overdue and we hope you are as well. Also, as Kayleigh mentioned earlier, if you haven’t read the first chapter, check it out here!
Enjoy,
-Bobby
What a celebration of libraries and librarians! Librarians, their boards and patrons everywhere should read this great tribute!
Posted by: Jennifer W. | December 22, 2009 at 09:26 AM