Information Doesn't Want a Fatwa
I'm going to see Salman Rushdie tonight at the Winspear. And going to a one-day conference tomorrow at which Nancy Pearl is speaking! Yes, that Nancy Pearl. She's talking about why people like the books that they like. I think it has something to do with dustjackets. When I was talking to a work friend about my interest in how people think an 'information container' (book, webpage, journal, article) has 'authority' (can be trusted for leisure purposes or work information), she said she'd like to understand why we remove all the dustjackets from the books at UA Libraries. Maybe because a plain hardcover without pictures seems more 'scholarly.'
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I didn't realize that the talk was an interview between Eleanor Wachtel & Rushdie for Writers & Company! It's going to be on the radio. I really like her most out of all the CBC One radio hosts. And he was really really funny.
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I didn't realize that the talk was an interview between Eleanor Wachtel & Rushdie for Writers & Company! It's going to be on the radio. I really like her most out of all the CBC One radio hosts. And he was really really funny.
Labels: books, grad school, librarians
posted by Allison at 3:47 PM
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Did you get your doll autographed?
I should have. She talked about her ideas around how to understand what people like to read. She put it as "doorways" into the books that are bigger or smaller, depending on reader's preference. Story, character, setting, and language. And had lots of good things to say about when you recommend a book to someone (as a librarian) it's not about *your* taste but the other person's -- and that we often confuse that. This is why librarians are always trying to make people read the classics.
And also because they are bossy boots
Dad would say that we were "born leaders."
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