Some Day I’ll Be a Librarian Splaver 1967 Submitter: This gem is still on-shelf at [University], where I attended library school. The writing is pretty good overall, but it was the text on page 16 that first had me howling
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Librarians Ruin Everything!
As Holly and I prepare for ALB’s “best of” list for 2016, I have decided to tell everyone just how powerful a librarian I am. Holly is too. Evidently, I have the power to ruin all sorts of things in
Jinny Williams Returns
Jinny Williams: Library Assistant Temkin and Hovell 1962 I have been on the lookout for a copy of this book since we first posted it 5 years ago. Finally my constant searching on Amazon and used book stores has paid
#ALAAC15 Let’s Be Librarians!
Librarians A to Z Johnson 1988 Submitter: When I first started at this job back in 2000 , we were still using those flip ledgers that women is using on the back cover. It seemed ancient then. After two weeks,
The Loveliest Librarian – Friday Fiction for #PLA2014
The Loveliest Librarian Roberts 1967 Holly and I just returned from the Public Library Association Conference. We had a marvelous time and wish we could have stayed for the whole conference. Naturally, we felt it was appropriate to use our
Be Assertive!
The Assertive Librarian Caputo 1984 Yes, another librarian title for National Library Week. I hope you are being appreciated and swamped with gifts and cash. (Yeah, me neither.) My general feeling is that most public service librarians don’t usually have
Grab the Brass Ring with a High Powered Library Career
Library and Information Science Careers McCook and Myers 2001 I like this series. The information is pretty comprehensive and even talks about non-traditional information careers. Very good for 2001 but in 2013, not so much. No real discussion of technology
Friday Fiction: Master’s Mistress
The Master’s Mistress Mortimer 2010 Elizabeth Brown is hired to catalog a library at the Sullivan House when suddenly Brad Sullivan, the owner, died of a heart attack. Not sure what to do while the estate was settled, she continued