Chicken Little Now Attacking Teachers
America’s right-wing Chicken Littles are now attacking teachers, demonizing them because they need someone for people to hate. I’m a child of privilege. Not the privilege of money … Read more
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Welcome to Your Local Public Library — Please Take Your Dildos With You When You Leave!
“Please Take Your Dildos With You When You Leave” and other warning signs libraries may need these days. A librarian pal recently posted the following question on a … Read more
Top Twenty Nicknames Librarians Have Given to Book Carts
Orson Scott Cart, meet Louisa May Alcart: Here are the Top Twenty Nicknames librarians have given to book carts. If you work in a library, you work with … Read more
Just Another Day at Your Local Public Library
Wherein librarians tackle tasks that weren’t in their job descriptions at the library. We librarians are expected to check out your books and answer your reference questions, but … Read more
Library Work? It’s A Dream
It turns out that I’m not the only person who dreams about her job at the library. I work at the circulation desk at a suburban library. I … Read more
Sixty-One Year Old Librarian Finds Happiness with 900-Year Old Time Lord
Keeping up-to-date on David Tennant I’m thinking of quitting my job so that I can pursue my true purpose in life, which is keeping up-to-date on David Tennant. … Read more
I’ll Read What She’s Reading
Talk about stimulating: Pairing erotica with a vibrator. A French start-up is marketing a Bluetooth-enabled vibrator that’s paired with an erotic Ebook. During the smutty parts, you just … Read more
Would You Ask a Librarian for a Lap Dance?
Librarians do lots of things that aren’t in their job descriptions In the 15 years that I’ve worked at my local public library, I’ve learned that we librarians … Read more
Libraries: The Great Whores of the Literary World
Once upon a time, there used to be sanctuaries of silence called “libraries” There used to be a sanctuary to which you could retire for that most blessed … Read more
Librarians! What Are We Hiding?
Are librarians still relevant? I’ve worked behind the circulation desk of my local public library for 15 years and I love my job. But that job has gone … Read more
