In remembrance of John Berry, III
This morning I was saddened to learn that John Berry, III, longtime editor at Library Journal, passed away at the age of 87. I first met Berry 11 years ago, when I began library school at Pratt Institute. He was my first professor in the program, teaching the core Introduction to the Information Professions course. As someone who had just committed to a career shift, moving into libraries from bookselling, I remember feeling overwhelmed that there existed such an expansive field and I struggled to catch up with the acronyms and shorthand, having never actually worked in a library before. Some of the students inRead More →