Hello and thank you for your question about Jo Godwin.

We also found several websites that attribute the following quote to this person:

"A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone."

Please note, we have been unable to confirm in a published source that she is the author of this quote.

We believe this person's full name is Mary Jo Godwin and she is a librarian. Here is some brief biographical information about her:

She was born in Tarboro, North Carolina, January 31, 1949.

She received her librarian degree at East Carolina University in 1973.

Her occupation is listed as: editor, librarian, and consultant

She is currently the director of marketing at Scarecrow Press and Scarecrow Education, Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Lanham, Maryland (2002 -)

She is also a Member of the American Library Association and is on the board directors for the exhibitor roundtable (2004-)

This is her mailing address:

Office: Scarecrow Press 4501 Forbes Blvd Ste 200 Lanham MD 20706

If you have a valid library card and live in Edmonton you can see the entry for this person in our Who's Who database. Edmonton Public Library databases are available from our website:

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