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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Something to share.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Omar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Facing budget cuts yet once again<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h3><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial'><img
width=78 height=78 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01C7C94E.5F0391D0"
alt=W title=W>hy you should fall to your knees and worship a librarian<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.strangersinparadise.com/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img
border=0 width=303 height=403 id="_x0000_i1026"
src="cid:image002.jpg@01C7C94E.5F0391D0" alt="look it up." title="Look it up"></span></a>Ok,
sure. We’ve all got our little preconceived notions about who librarians
are and what they do. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Many
people think of librarians as diminutive civil servants, scuttling about
"Sssh-ing" people and stamping things. Well, think again buster.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Librarians
have degrees. They go to graduate school for Information Science and become
masters of data systems and human/computer interaction. Librarians can catalog
anything from an onion to a dog’s ear. They could catalog you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Librarians
wield unfathomable power. With a flip of the wrist they can hide your
dissertation behind piles of old Field and Stream magazines. They can find data
for your term paper that you never knew existed. They may even point you toward
new and appropriate subject headings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>People
become librarians because they know too much. Their knowledge extends beyond
mere categories. They cannot be confined to disciplines. Librarians are
all-knowing and all-seeing. They bring order to chaos. They bring wisdom and
culture to the masses. They preserve every aspect of human knowledge.
Librarians rule. And they will kick the crap out of anyone who says otherwise.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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