Tommy Wayne Kramer
The final wobbly argument in favor of keeping the [Mendocino County, California] libraries running is that it would prevent lost jobs among the librarian class. This is true enough, but if your only job skills are a thorough understanding of the Dewey Decimal System and the ability to alphabetize, what did you expect? Tenure? But good luck in the employment market anyway.
—Tommy Wayne Kramer, in “Save the County, Close the Libraries,” Ukiah Daily Journal, Feb. 22, 2010.
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