This book is overdue!

You can't write a book like this with a title like this without knowing it will be a shoe-in for every library collection in the world...and that is...well, how many books? A lot, anyway.

So, is that what inspired this book? Or was it heartfelt? Does Johnson really believe that librarians are going to save the planet?

Certainly a satisfying read for this librarian. Johnson gets librarians, for starters. Most don't. Most have this impression of us, faithfully stamping the books and retreating to the shelves for a quick chapter between the occasional patron in the library. Johnson takes the time to see where the cutting edge librarians are going. Yes, where no man has gone before. We need someone leading us into this new unexplored world. Who better than librarians?

The first half was interesting and gave some insight into the life of a librarian, but the second half was repetitive and seemed to lend to the modern stereotypes of the field. I was hoping for this to be much more informative than it was.

I enjoyed this book but it was just a little too long. It got a bit boring at the end, though I really enjoyed many of the stories about librarians. I'm obsessed with libraries so I found a lot the things in this book really interesting but I didn't really like the writing that much. I also felt like I was reading it forever since I kept picking up other books to read at the same time.

Fascinating introduction to the varied aspects of librarianship and technology today. Especially interesting: librarians in virtual worlds. A must-read for lovers of libraries, librarians, information (esp. freedom of), literacy and technology.

This is a comment on the audio book version only. It is terrible; the narrator sounds like a computer and may have ruined another audio book for me. At this point, I cannot comment on the content.