A quote from Dewey

I'm reading an article out of Library Journal (Feb. 1, 1982) entitled Anti-intellectualism in American Libraries and wanted to share this Melvil Dewey quote with all of you:

There is not room for those who wish to take up library work simply because they fancy it to be easier and more agreeable to one who is fond of books and cultivated society; because it will give such a good chance to read; or because there seems to be nothing else to do and so they try to get in a library. In fact, the work is not easy except in some small libraries where the pay is still easier, and though surrounded constantly by thousands of books which are handled during all the working hours there is hardly any occupation which gives so little opportunity to read. Our traditional motto is 'The librarian who reads is lost.' Of course I am speaking now of working hours. The librarian who does not read at other times is certainly lost to growth.

Finally I have an authoritative response to this statement "Oh, it must be great to be a librarian--you get to sit around and read all day!"