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One of the nastier trends in library management in recent years is the notion that libraries should be 'responsive to their patrons'.

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Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else—cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments—as long as the paperwork's filled out properly. And in on time.

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Management'll never go for it. First, it's live-animal research, which is controversial. Management hates controversy. Second, it's something innovative, which means Management will hate it on principle.

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What's going on? I whispered to Gina.
Management is proving beyond a shadow of a doubt they don't have enough to do, she murmured back. So they've invented a new acronym.


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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
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Born: December 31, 1945 (age 79)
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