The Unreported News About Your ‘Newspaper’
Your paper not even mention an important local news story, especially if such unreported news is not good for its owner. Why would your local newspaper not even … Read more
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Another Bowl
Trump gets a fitting landmark, another bowl in a rehabbed former Queens police station near a red-lined apartment complex. Now that the Department of the Interior has designated … Read more
Supplying the Trumpbrary
Proposed deposits for the new “Trumpbrary” include a wealth of iconic artifacts evoking the dedicatee and his administration. By Roger Porter and Howard Wolf As Head Librarian of … Read more
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
From Bacon to Meth: The World’s Weirdest Bookmarks
The weirdest ‘bookmarks’ librarians have found tucked into returned library material. When you work in a library, you soon learn that patrons can make use of some rather … Read more
Come for the Great Gatsby, Stay for the Sardines
Sure, you can find “The Great Gatsby” in your local library. But may run into a lot of interesting food items as well. Library patrons often bring coffee, … 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
Mr. Creeping Hands, Gum-Popping Granny and Crabby Newspaper Guy: Welcome to Your Local Library
Giving difficult patrons funny nicknames is a “library thing.” At the library where I work, we have an incredibly challenging patron whose imperious demands, unpleasant attitude and relentless … Read more
A Librarian By Any Other Name
Top Fourteen Replacements for the Word “Librarian” Library work has changed a lot over the years. Should our job title change with it? A group of librarians I … Read more
I’d Be Happy To Date You When Hell Freezes Over: Online Dating Turnoffs
One single librarian’s collection of online dating turnoffs Shirtless pics. Headless pics. Bathroom selfies. Gym selfies. Anything camo or Trump-related. Any photo of a guy with a fish … Read more
