Professor Wiegand and I have had some small disagreements over the years, but they matter not here. The ALA, and by and large the library "establishment" has been far too unaware of their own history, what actually *happened* as opposed to view seen through the rose colored glasses that rather limit their view. The written history of librarianship, pre-Wiegand, was largely celebratory and non-critical of past events. Narrowly focused, and everybody was a hero or heroine. Any librarian hoping to understand the profession needs to read some of his books that take on the rose colored myth that ALA and the professional press buy into. Listen to this interview, do some reading, and thinking. The profession will be better for it.
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