The most recent responses appear first There have been no submissions in this topic yet.
Stories are something they can buy at a bookstore.
My own view of this is that Mr. Wiegand is describing the obsolete and old archetypal of librarians. I don't see anything wrong with losing the story knowledge basis of librarianship. As a professional librarian who has worked in public libraries for six years, I can say that the interest in reading is alive in many sectors of our service population. Each of us in the financial aid field can provide anecdotal instances of gross abuse of the student loan system by particular students.