<div dir="ltr">@Phil<div><br></div><div>That would make an excellent article: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px">The public library is no longer just a place. It's a process.</span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br clear="all"></span></font><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Ken</div><div><br></div>Kenneth Hess<br>(918) 919-0411 (Skype)<br>Twitter: @kenhess<br><div>Skype: kenneth_hess</div><a href="http://www.kenhess.com/" target="_blank">kenhess.com</a> - <a href="http://frugalnetworker.com/" target="_blank">frugalnetworker.com</a><br></div><div>Filmmaker - Podcaster - Reviewer - System Administrator - Writer</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:03 PM Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br></div><div> The other day my public library supervisor came over to my office with a sly smile on her face. I knew something interesting was up</div><div>before she opened her mouth. </div><div><br></div><div> She said, "Phil, how would you feel about becoming a roaming librarian in the city -- driving around town to do Linux installs on old computers and</div><div>helping community members become more proficient at technology, searching for info, and self-advancing themselves? I'd like to untether you from the building -- at least for part of each week. How do you feel about that?"</div><div><br></div><div> My spontaneous reaction was that I jumped up into her arms and started licking her face. Then I bounded down to the ground and ran around her feet clockwise at high speed. </div><div>Then counterclockwise at high speed. Then I jumped back up into her arms and licked her face.</div><div><br></div><div> "I gather you approve?" she said.</div><div><br></div><div> I could barely slow my panting to say, "Yes, I do."</div><div><br></div><div> The details of this are still being worked out. I'll let y'all know when things become more firm. </div><div><br></div><div> The public library is no longer just a place. It's a process. Maybe in twenty years we'll look back and say, "In the old days, librarians never left the building.</div><div>They were chained to a place. What in the world were they thinking back then?"</div><div><br></div><div> Well, now -- no longer chained.</div><div><br></div><div> phil</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></div></div></div>-- <br>
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