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To talk about Libraries!

I was in this community on my old account years ago, so I am happy to find it again.  I work casually at the libraries in my town, although I once worked permanantly - I even once clawed the ranks from Library Assistant to Assistant Librarian ( Read more... )

Most of you have probably seen this but I just had to post it.  It's glorious!

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html

having a sound knowledge of all the celebrity gossip.


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Number four in this article is a library story I never heard before. Granted, it is Cracked, but the fundamental elements should be accurate.http://www.cracked.com/article_18509_5-unknown-schmucks-who-turned-into-

http://www.campanophile.com/article1.aspx?fC96qGdbhUWsecQy_9OGJw9Read more... )

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My husband is amused not only that I say ISBN= "izz-bin" but that he knows exactly what that means and what it is. Yay, good choice for me!

~kiki

Sometimes mis-cataloging makes you wonder what happened. While decommissioning our VHS collection I found our copy of John Cleese's "The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It" was classified as a federal document.

Had a patron come in today:
"Put me on hold for Anne Coulter's new book."
"Um, I'm not sure she's come out with one all that recently..."
"Sure she has, just a few months ago, put me down."
"Do you have the title?"
"Yeah, The Scarpella Fracture"
"You mean... The Scarpetta Factor... by Patricia Cornwell"She write mysteries ( Read more... )