"Your occupation, Mr. Wordsworth?"
"A Librarian."
[Laughter]
"A what?"
"A Librarian, sir."
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"I am a Librarian. That is my profession. That is my occupation. If you people choose to call that obsolete..."
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"A Librarian. Having to do... with books... There are no more books, Mr. Wordsworth. There are no more libraries. And of course it follows that there is very little call for the services of a librarian."
Hat-tip to Damien, who started the discussion thread at Librarians-In-Singapore after, he came across this article; and to Cris who alerted us to the YouTube video.
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