Albert Einstein and the Librarian

Library and Info Briefs (4 Items)
From Companion’s Lost Diary, a Portrait of Einstein in Old Age (via The New York Times)
The “companion” was Johanna Fantova, a librarian at Princeton University. She was a graduate of the library school at the University of North Carolina and was the first map curator at the Firestone Library. According to this AP story it was at Einstein’s urging that Fantova attend library school.

+ An Interview with Kevin Starr (via Sacramento Bee)
Starr just retired after ten years as California state librarian.

+ �7m library book finally revealed (via The Scotsman)

+ New Look for National Library of Medicine Web Site Coming Soon

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