Librarians abroad: ‘None of us thought we’d grow up to be one’

“The most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library staff.” – Timothy Healy

“Librarians are among the most misunderstood professionals anywhere,” says Philip Croom, associate dean of the Rare Books and Special Collections Library of the American University in Cairo. “None of us thought we’d grow up to be one and then somehow we find ourselves working with the most extraordinary objects, collections and people.”

From Librarians abroad: ‘None of us thought we’d grow up to be one’