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Just had a patron call with questions about the Capital Gazette shooting so I needed to read all these articles about the crazy person who killed those people and how he got a gun etc. and omg, I just wanted to say "NOOOOO I don't want to read this anymore, call back Monday, you are making me depressed ( Read more... )

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As usual, I didn't read the ol' friends list Friday-Sunday and I just spent an hour trying to speed read everyone's posts! SORRY!! I commented when I had something to say but otherwise, I'm not going to lie -


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I'm hosting an Escape Room program for teens next week and it is a Totally 80s Time Travel Adventure themed event. I've been raiding my closet and parents basement to find 80s things to add a bit of flavor to the program. This is my crowning achievement:

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THIS omg THIS

I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to say that "video games" line to a parent who insists on stopping their child from reading the book they picked out and WANT to read. *sigh*

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Welp, we just lost four staff to the plague today. And we have programs, so many programs, this week. So, because I am me (even though my nose has been running since yesterday which better just be due to the weather/pressure and not a cold!) I am picking up Babies in Bloom tomorrow and throwing together a Valentine's program for Wednesday ( Read more... )

This one is for a full fledged librarian with their MLS. It is for a smaller branch so you should be willing and able to do ALL THE THINGS - from working the desk, to supervising people, to doing children's programming and more.

Librarian I

Feel free to share the link if you know any librarians in search of jobs! :)

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What the heck, it has been over 10 days since I rambled about something on here? That's crazy LOL. Though I have been goofing off and playing a lot of Zelda. Last weekend I was supposed to meet up with my friend for a girl's weekend but she caught The Bug that has been going around so instead I just took the time off to chillax at home, watch all ( Read more... )

How timely! With the premiere of "The Public", a movie about librarians helping the homeless people in their branch survive a arctic-level night, discussions about public libraries and public spaces in regards to our growing homeless population will most likely grow. To show that public library staff are working hard to better serve *everyone*, ( Read more... )