Although this may not technically qualify in the sense of ex-librarian
unless one wanted to consider martyrdom or the role of patron saint as a
career, but this morsel of knowledge takes one back much further in time
than David Hume.
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:12:55 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@temple.edu>
Reply-To: NetGold@yahoogroups.com
To: NetGold <NetGold@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [NetGold] RELIGION: SAINTS: Tidbit of Possible Interest: Patron
Saint of Libraries
A major portion of the interest of this message is the unlikely discussion
group that it is found on, the Liblicense discussion group.
Liblicense
<http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml>
Introduction to Liblicense
<http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/intro.shtml>
"Increasingly, university and research libraries are being inundated with
information that has been created in digital format and transmitted and
accessed via computers. As the number of collections in digital formats
increase exponentially, more and more libraries and information providers
are facing a number of unique challenges presented by this relatively new
medium.
Chief among these new challenges is crafting agreements with information
owners that adequately assure libraries will continue to provide users
with comprehensive and timely access to information in digital formats."
This is not a venue where I would expect to find information small or
large about medieval history and I perhaps may be lacking in imagination
in this regard. To put it another way, I do not know where medieval
historians turn to find primary and secondary source material for their
individual research projects and efforts, but I suspect that the
Liblicense discussion group is not on their radar screens.
Patron saints
<http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0311/msg00071.html>
"On various lists, you can find Catherine of Alexandria, Jerome, or
Lawrence listed as the patron saint of librarians. These are at best
semi-official designations and various saints are found over time to have
diverse interests."
This website is listed in the above linked Liblicense message.
Mars Hill Graduate School Library Services
St. Wiborada, Patron Saint of Libraries
<http://www.mhgs.edu/library/wiborada.asp>
"St. Wiborada lived as a recluse near the Monastery of Sankt Gallen in the
10th century AD. Sankt Gallen was in the Kingdom of Swabia, part of
present-day Switzerland. During the 10th century the monastery of Sankt
Gallen had one of the most extensive library collections in Europe."
Welcome to the information science and library electronic resource
licensing world of medieval studies.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@a...
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetGold/>
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html>
<http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html>
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, James Donovan wrote:
> Don't forget that the philosopher David Hume at one point made
> his living as a librarian.
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:15:49 -0600
> >From: Jerry_Stephens@ca10.uscourts.gov
> >Subject: Ex-Librarians in Positions of Power
> >To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
> >
> > An interesting letter was posted to another
> > listserv. This letter asked a somewhat rhetorical
> > (maybe even apochryphal?) question. The letter
> > writer asked:
> >
> > "What sort of society would we have if
> > ex-librarians or IT pros got into power?"
> >
> > The letter writer suggested that among the
> > "ex-librarians" are Casanova, Hubert Humphrey,
> > Glenda Jackson, Mao Tse Tung, Laura Bush and,
> > Superman's birth mother.
> >
> > I can accept most of the letter writer's suggested
> > names. I know that Hubert Humphrey had been a
> > teacher, but was he ever a librarian in any fashion?
> >
> > Still, the question is an interesting one. It's a
> > much more interesting question than whether or not
> > society views librarians in any stereotypical
> > fashon. It's an interesting quetion even if one were
> > to focus only on librarians and leave out entirely
> > IT pros.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest other "ex-librarians" or even
> > former or one-time librarians who might be added to
> > this list. Definitions of "power" are, of course,
> > open to individual interpretation.
> >
> > Jerry E. Stephens
> > U.S.Court of Appeals
> > Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
> >
> > "A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000 word
> > document and calls it a brief." -- Franz Kafka
> >
> > email: jerry_stephens@ca10.uscourts.gov
> > voice: 405-609-5460
> > fax: 405-609-5461
> James M. Donovan, J.D., Ph.D.
> Reference/Public Services Librarian
> School of Law Library
> University of Georgia
> Herty Drive
> Athens, GA 30602-6018
>
> Voice: (706)542-5077
> Fax: (706)542-6800
> Email: jdonovan@uga.edu
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