Tuesday, January 26, 2010

How about this ...

... Top 10 Books Written by Librarians. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

4 comments:

  1. My librarian friend tells me they left off the memoirs of Casanova. LOL

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  2. Yes, indeed, Casanova was a librarian:

    http://www.casanovawasalibrarian.com/

    I would've also included David Hume:

    'It was after returning to Edinburgh in 1752, as he wrote in My Own Life, that "the Faculty of Advocates chose me their Librarian, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library."[17] This resource enabled him to continue historical research for The History of Great Britain.'

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume

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  3. For other famous people, some of whom are known as authors, who are not usually known for their practice of librarianship see here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_librarians#One-time_librarians_noted_for_other_accomplishments

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  4. Well, Dave, now you know what to do when you retire.

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