No, we are not a geek friendly library.

[nialla42]

My day so far:

1. Answered question about why Richard Dean Anderson left SG-1.
2. Broke the news that not all deaths in SG-1 get a do-over (he was pissed they'd killed off Frasier).
3. Showed a new customer the manga section. Covered ears to protect them from squee.
4. Pimped AO3 after they mentioned reading fanfic.net stuff.

Comments

[jadeleopard]

<3

[amycooper]

And in tomorrow's episode of Nialla converts the town...

[nialla42]

Give me time. It's a small town, but a big job.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

So was this all the same person, or did you get more than one?

Anyone who has been reading fanfic.net should be kissing your feet for introducing them to AO3.

[nialla42]

It was actually two. The one asking the SG-1 questions didn't want to ask me at first, but his mother told him I probably knew. I answered all his questions without spoiling the seasons he hasn't seen yet, complete with quoting stories from the actors I've seen at cons.

Teen Boy: [...]

Teen Boy's Mom: I told you she'd know.

The girl I was talking with about AO3 said she'd heard people talking about it (apparently there's been a flight in her group of fandom to it), but didn't really understand what it was all about. When I explained it was an archive for just about any sort of fanfic, without FF.net's restrictions, she asked for the URL. ;)

[green_grrl]

That would make going to work SO worth it!

[nialla42]

It definitely balances out the days when I want to pinch someone's head off.

[imkalena]

LOL! I don't seem to run into a lot of fannish types, but my branch demographic skews older -- and I mean 50+. There are more retired people and moms with little kids than others, by far.

[nialla42]

For a small town, we have a really wide variety of people.

I've been there long enough that the geek kids who've grown up with me at the library know it's a "safe space" and the word spreads. Plus we've also had two geek interns for a couple of summers.

My once little geeks are now in college!