This letter appearing in the Boston Globe, in response to a very nasty op-ed piece in the Globe.
WHILE I couldn't agree less with Richard Cravatts's take on the enforcement of the laws concerning privacy, I will agree with his contention that librarians know the Dewey Decimal System. That a librarian's professional training concentrates on mastering the use of the system is quite off the mark, however, and as enlightened a concept in the 21st century as starting a fire with a stone and a spark. In any event, should he himself ever need to be catalogued, I've got a spot for him on the shelf at 621.945. That would be the 620s for Engineering, 621.9 for Tools and Fabricating Equipment, and, specifically, 621.945 for Boring Tools.
ERIKA TARLIN
Somerville
Frankly, I don't think anyone could have done a better job of making Mr. Cravatts into a, well, boring tool. Hats off to Erika Tarlin for making librarians look awesome.
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