tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851614.post109354594071280201..comments2023-12-21T05:18:05.820-05:00Comments on Lemming's Progress: teachinglemminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851614.post-1093809736031841482004-08-29T15:02:00.000-05:002004-08-29T15:02:00.000-05:00That sounds amazingly familiar. I desperately want...That sounds amazingly familiar. I desperately want every person I see to know what a wonderful place a library is. Collecting books. Organizing the whole sphere of human knowledge. "Preserving the graphic record of society"... back in grad school, I even knew who said that.<br /><br />Sadly, most of the people I meet just want to know how to get enough reading to do the homework that's due tomorrow. If I'm lucky. Not just undergrads, either... I recently had a major fight with a tenured faculty member over what boils down to major philosophical differences about what a library is for.<br /><br />Ah, but Lemming, that 20%... <br /><br />And as Bobby Burns says, giftie gi'e us to see oursel' as other' see us.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385463369182392891noreply@blogger.com