marissa's adventures
just like she's walking on a wire in the circus
Things the library staff wish they could get away with saying
| Patron: | I guess they don't need you any more; everything is automated now. |
| Staff: | Yes, because I went to graduate school for four years and earned my master's degree in library science just for the opportunity to sign you onto a computer. That's the only thing we do here. |
First thing this morning, a man came up to the desk to ask if we had a library cat.
Me: “You mean a cat that lives here? Sadly, no.”
Man: “I just read that Dewey the Library Cat book. I think this library should get a cat!”
Me: “I don’t think it’s in the cards. But that would be neat, huh?”
Man: “Tell you what. I’ll donate a cat. I’m sure there are some free kittens listed on Craigslist.”
Me: “Please don’t do that. We love animals, but we can’t have a library cat.”
Man: “How about a puppy?”
Lesson learned: Libraries encourage creative problem solving.
I’ve gotta find a way to work this into information literacy instruction.
(via thehannahmachine)
Ok, so I have a few thousand dollars to spend for the adult department before the fiscal year ends… anything you suggest I purchase? It can be anything, books, media, databases, etc… Does anyone out there circ Roku boxes? That’s something we might do.
After the MLA conference, I think that if I say “makerspace, makerspace, makerspace,” something strange will happen, like in “Beetlejuice.”
Does this make sense? I’m a little sleepy.
A Public Service Announcement from the Gotham City Public Library
(Source: nerdorgeek, via scribblesnorton)
This is what happens when librarians get bored.
Awesome. That’s a much better use of those James Patterson books.
(via laura-in-libraryland)
So is anyone out there going to the MLA (Mass. Library Association) conference this week? I’ll be there Thursday and Friday. If you’re going, let me know, because we should meet up :)
I just had a patron tell me that she met her boyfriend of 10 months here. How sweet! Then she shows me this little scrapbook she has of all of their dates, it’s actually quite cute. But then she told me the only problem with their relationship is that she’s married…The boyfriend is also the patron that hits on me whenever he comes in, but apparently that’s not a problem…
I wonder what other gossip in the library there is that I don’t know about.
I do not have the skills of an artist but how do we make this (or something like it) happen?
yes it is a real quote.
please make this real so i can have one.
!!! !!! !!!
ULTIMATE LIBRARIAN SWAG!
I need this in my life.
Immediately.
one of the greatest libraries-in-pop-culture moments of the 21st century.
Dat’s right. You betta watch out. The evil things we could do if we wanted to… XD
I’m sorry. This is so fab that I need to reblog again.
(Source: snakehole-lounge)
(via libralthinking)
