So, what in effect, does it mean to call oneself a Librarian in the 21st century? Gather the editorial and poetically creative and imaginative skills of Callimachus; the zeal and care regarding verification, and crafty collection management, of monastic scribes; the proactive, personal 'librarian helper' abilities which Ranganathan lauds; and the 'animateur' outreach antics of Mile High Reference Desk and The Itinerant Poetry Library into an updated toolkit that also includes information literacy expertise, together matched with, in the vision of Staveley, a deep and intimate commitment to (exploring) humanity, and a mandate for democratism in information access and provision comes clear (Gray, 2013).
Gray, S.W. (2013). Locating librarianship's identity in its historical roots of professional philosophies: Towards a new radical identity for librarians of today (and tomorrow). IFLA Journal, 39 (1), 37-44.
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