[InetBib] Meet Librarian Action Figure Nancy Pearl

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Meet Librarian Action Figure Nancy Pearl
The Importance of Books and Reading: Book Lust and Library Book Promotion 
Programs: Discussion Groups, Web Outreach, Radio, Print Resources, Reader's 
Advisory Services, and more
Live in Frankfurt - October 16, 2007, 19:00:
Nationalbibliothek
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Live in Berlin - October 19, 2007, 14:30: 
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Main Entrance, Hörsaal 320)
In discussion with Dr. Claudia Lux. 
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Virtually via webchat - October 16. 11.00
Register: 
http://usinfo.state.gov/usinfo/USINFO/Products/Webchats/pearl_16_oct_2007.html 
"Libraries, especially public libraries, are not just about information access, 
but about helping people find good books to read. If librarians put all their 
eggs in the information basket, we will find ourselves increasingly irrelevant 
in peoples' lives."
Since the release of the Librarian Action Figure modeled in her likeness, Nancy 
Pearl has become a "rock star among readers" and the tastemaker people turn to 
when deciding what to read next. She regularly reviews books for local and 
national publications and does weekly book reviews on National Public Radio. 
Readers can't get enough of her recommendations while bookstores and libraries 
offer standing room only whenever she visits. The former director of the 
Washington Center for the Book at Seattle Public Library, Nancy Pearl has spent 
a lifetime promoting books and reading. She is also the mastermind behind the 
'One City One Book' phenomenon that has spread throughout the United States and 
abroad. 
In interviews, Nancy Pearl has criticized the fact that nowadays all the 
attention goes to technology and the important role it plays in libraries. She 
says, "If you kept track of the number of times a librarian is asked how to 
build a website versus how many times they're asked to recommend a good hook, 
you'd find that many more people ask the latter than the former." 
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