Carla Hayden
Executive Director, Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
American Library Association President, 2003-2004
You have to be at the table sometimes to be part of the solution . . . Don’t just stand outside and snipe and complain about what’s wrong. Get in there and do the work.
Jane Kinney Meyers
Chief Executive Officer, Lubuto Library Project
You have to be able to show that you’re serving people and changing things and doing things in the world. And, if you’re doing that, you’re being a good librarian. It’s a good thing.
Thomas Mann
Reference Librarian, Main Reading Room, Library of Congress
Em Claire Knowles
Assistant Dean, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Not everyone is going to agree with you but you have to be ready to face friction in contest to your ideas.
Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida School of Library and Information Science
Don’t back down in fighting for what is right even if this makes you unpopular. Join the ACLU. Be active in local government. Be aware of the impact of electoral politics on the lives of people. Fight for human rights and social justice.
Stephanie A. Squicciarini
Teen Services Librarian, Fairport (NY) Public Library
Celebrate the successes completely and remember why they were successful. And learn from the failures and then remember not why they were failures, but why you wanted to continue to try.
Connie Paul
Executive Director, Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative
Be connected, get involved, look for the big picture.