Knowledge dissemination

“In the matter of the spread of knowledge two conditions are prerequisites. There must be formal education. There must be literacy. Without these two, knowledge cannot spread.” -

Dr. B. R. Babasheb Ambedkar, Writings and Speeches, vol. 3, p. 41

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 7. See Amazon.com.

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With pen and pencil...

"With pen and pencil we're learning to say nothing, more cleverly eveyday” -
William Allingham, Blackberries (1884).

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 6. See Amazon.com.

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See also:

• The Future of Electronic Paper
• Digital pens more trouble than they're worth
  

What is even a wise book

"What is even a wise book but a blast from the lungs made visible to the eyes?” -

Hervey Allen Anthony Adverse [see more quotes]

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 6. See Amazon.com.

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Knowledge is better because

“Knowledge is better because it increases with distribution, while wealth decreases by that act.” -

Ali ibne Abi Talib The fourth Caliph [see more quotes]

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 6. See Amazon.com.

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A writer doesn't really live...

“I've always felt strongly that a writer shouldn't be engaged with other writers, or with people who make books, or even with people who read them. I think the farther away you get from the literary traffic, the closer you are to sources. I mean, a writer doesn't really live, he observes.” -

Nelson Algren, from his 1955 interview in The Paris Review

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 6. See Amazon.com.

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Library Technicians - Who are they?

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Back it up with Ph.D.

“The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back it up with a Ph.D.” -
Nelson Algren (American Writer and Novelist. 1909-1981)

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 6. See Amazon.com.

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No slightest golden rhyme he wrote...

“No slightest golden rhyme he wrote that held not something men must quote; Thus by design or chance did he drop anchors to posterity” -

Thomas Bailey Aldrich in Leaves from a
A HINT FROM HERRICK
[1907]

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 6. See Amazon.com. [see also notes on this quote]

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A man is known by the company ...

“A man is known by the company his mind keeps.” -

Thomas Bailey Aldrich in Leaves from a Notebook, Ponkapog Papers (1903)

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 6. See Amazon.com.

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Books that have become classics

“Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.” -

Thomas Bailey Aldrich in Leaves from a Notebook, Ponkapog Papers (1903)

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 6. See Amazon.com.

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Between the reputation of the author living and the reputation of the same author dead there is ever a wide discrepancy.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich in Leaves from a Notebook, Ponkapog Papers (1903)

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 5. See Amazon.com.

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Science fiction is no more written for scientists

“Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.”

Brian W. Aldiss Introduction to Penguin Science Fiction (1962)

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 5. See Amazon.com.

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Writing books is better than

"Writing books is better than planting vines: the latter serves only the needs of the stomach, whereas the former feeds the soul."

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 5. See Amazon.com.

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That is a good book

“That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.” Amos Bronson Alcott, "Table Talk" (1877)

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 5. See Amazon.com.

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The richest minds

"The richest minds need not large libraries." Amos Bronson Alcott
"Table Talk" Learning Books (1877)

Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 5. See Amazon.com.

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