tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6554771591683757973..comments2024-03-29T09:25:08.645-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Nation's librarian wants you to see our country's treasuresNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18176611392960452562018-04-25T10:30:10.951-05:002018-04-25T10:30:10.951-05:00Thanks. As a government information librarian thi...Thanks. As a government information librarian this is of special interest to me. Here is an article about Hayden meeting with Davita Vance-Cooks who was the first woman and first African-American to be Public Printer (head of the Government Printing Office). https://www.facebook.com/USGPO/photos/pcb.1271897782862621/1271894822862917/?type=3&theater Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85501097850104804562018-04-16T19:02:28.439-05:002018-04-16T19:02:28.439-05:00It wasn’t her. She was head librarian of CPL in 19...It wasn’t her. She was head librarian of CPL in 1991-1993. The Mandel Building was demolished in 1989.<br /><br />Robert M.auld bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738276939260500986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91853043259156265302018-04-16T13:30:45.654-05:002018-04-16T13:30:45.654-05:00There was certainly a CPL head librarian that did ...There was certainly a CPL head librarian that did that when the library was in the Mandel Building. I personally witnessed it! I was told to wait for the next elevator by a security guard. It also made it into the newspapers.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70970835271799811792018-04-16T11:53:51.856-05:002018-04-16T11:53:51.856-05:00I've only been in DC twice, but I somehow mana...I've only been in DC twice, but I somehow managed to miss the Library of Congress both times. The most magnificent library I've been to is the Trinity College Library in Dublin. A one word description of The Long Room: Magestic. Honestly, your jaw will drop.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28837186256678711832018-04-16T09:58:26.072-05:002018-04-16T09:58:26.072-05:00That doesn't really sound consistent with the ...That doesn't really sound consistent with the woman described in this column. If she was that standoffish, why would she have kept that library branch in Baltimore open during a riot?Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17272533271956103292018-04-16T07:33:42.434-05:002018-04-16T07:33:42.434-05:00I can't find any evidence of that.I can't find any evidence of that.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37493148238314371732018-04-16T00:13:44.885-05:002018-04-16T00:13:44.885-05:00Wasn't it Carla Hayden, at the time the head l...Wasn't it Carla Hayden, at the time the head librarian in Chicago, who had a security guard override the automatic elevator controls & make sure she rode the elevator alone every day?<br />Shades of Scott Pruitt!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com