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Some Day I'll Be a Librarian

Some Day I’ll Be a Librarian

January 15, 2018 Holly For the Kids, Librarian's Choice, Making a Living 8 comments

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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Evil Librarians

Librarians Ruin Everything!

December 23, 2016 Mary Kelly Librarian's Choice 33 comments

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

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Jinny Williams Library Assistant

Jinny Williams Returns

September 18, 2015 Mary Kelly Friday Fiction, Librarian's Choice 11 comments

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

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Librarians A to Z cover

#ALAAC15 Let’s Be Librarians!

June 27, 2015 Holly Librarian's Choice 11 comments

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,

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The Loveliest Librarian cover

The Loveliest Librarian – Friday Fiction for #PLA2014

March 14, 2014 Mary Kelly Friday Fiction 15 comments

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

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Be Assertive!

April 18, 2013 Mary Kelly Librarian's Choice 7 comments

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

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Library and Information Science Careers

Grab the Brass Ring with a High Powered Library Career

April 16, 2013 Mary Kelly Librarian's Choice 2 comments

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

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Friday Fiction: Master’s Mistress

February 17, 2012 Mary Kelly Friday Fiction 9 comments

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

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