I just met a librarian from New Jersey who wanted to find out about our library while she’s visiting the area. She wanted to know if we had very specific types of historic documentation or a file of newspaper clippings that covers the past hundred years. To clarify the situation for you, our library is…
Category: work
Slight Case of the Heebie Jeebies
It makes me kind of nervous when library patrons complain about not having enough privacy at our computers. What are you looking at online that requires more than a library carrel for privacy? Hmm. There was a story in grad school about a man who regularly used Vaseline to stick newspaper to the windows of…
Without Permission
My brother has repeatedly told me that it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission. I don’t often follow that piece of advice, especially since my workplace errs towards always asking for permission from several people before taking any action. Today, however, I had gumption. There are three bookcases behind the reference desk. All three of…
With Shushing Action
Things have been busy at work today, and apparently this is what my people look like when we’re busy at work: We have an action figure complete with shushing motion, so you can’t really beat that. If it’s any comfort, I did get part of a real post written about vacation days and daydreaming and…
Patron Quirks
There are more and more patrons coming into the library covered in calamine lotion, with oozing eyes, and suffering from other very obvious and probably contagious health problems. Mmm. I just love helping someone find a book when touching the same surfaces will very likely make me rush to the store to buy calamine lotion,…
Don’t Forget the Snacks
Random side note for the day is that a friend hypothesized after my hard day at work recently that food should be added to the equation and everything would be better. Not that we don’t eat lunch here, but that we should bring each other food just because. Twenty-four hours later, it’s spring party time…
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I just wrote a darn fine post about rebellion and required reading, which the internet decided to swallow whole. Sad. I hope you enjoy this moment of blog silence. It’s sponsored by the City of Suffolk’s internet filter.
Small, but valuable. 