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Public relations became an essential skill for the exhibit librarians. Alphonse Trezza, ALA associate executive director, reported that he spoke to more than 7500 people on the first afternoon: "The public's thirst for knowledge about the use of new techniques in libraries of the future seemed unquenchable (17)." ALA's current promotion, "The 21st Century Librarians," casts librarians as "'ambassadors,' 'teachers,' 'technology experts,' and 'human search engines'" (18).