Farewell, old Mentor

[mizarchivist]

Allen Smith, the man who taught me my first lessons in reference librarianship, died a few weeks ago. He was snarky, emphatic, and was a man of many talents. I have just been reading through a wiki of A Smith quotes, and this one was worth sharing:

"Criticizing the Britannica was something like stomping on an apple pie."
The man loved print

Comments

[dreda]

Oh! Oh, no. He will be dearly missed.

(He gave me extra credit on an exam for knowing to search for Cymri/Cymru in a Welsh-subject Dialog question. ;)

[mizarchivist]

You earned that extra credit, for sure. Just the sort of thing he'd appreciate, too.

[hippie1025]

Oh wow. I hadn't heard. I will miss him - he was an amazing teacher. I took him not only for reference, but oral history as well. We had immense mutual respect for each other, and that's a rare thing in this world.

Hmm..I know I put some quote down in my various notebooks. I shall have to unearth them.