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Books are personal
You can’t just recommend them to anybody. You have to know the person, as a person. Not just that they like to read. You have to know –what- they like to read, and sometimes why they like to read what...
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Things we found in books
A bus pass. Rolling papers. Boarding passes. Plane tickets. Gift cards. Pieces of toilet paper. Gum wrappers. Grocery lists. Family photographs. Birthday cards. 3 x 5 note cards with study questions on...
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Expectations
I’m being transferred to another library. It was unexpected, and I wasn’t really given a choice. I’m grateful it is close to my home and in a safe part of town. I have to rearrange my life-schedule to...
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Poem – taking my leave
It is a little like death, this leaving. I’m telling all my favorite patrons and they say “It was nice to know you “ as if I’ve said I’m dying, or moving to Minnesota. They ask “Is it closer to your...
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The card catalog is gone. Get over it.
I checked out a lady’s grandson today, and then she lost her mind. He was 7, and had three picture books. I should have known from that alone that something weird might happen. These are way beneath...
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“Child-care provider”?
It is questionable when a patron says she is studying for an “early childhood education” degree so she can open a daycare, yet she shows no kindness to her four year old daughter. Toddlers cannot sit...
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“How am I doing today?”
A regular patron came in recently and said “How am I today?” The clerk at the desk replied “I don’t know, how are you?” The patron then said “Works every time!” He wanted her to ask him how he was...
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Library manners
How about we act like we are in a library – everywhere? Restaurants. Home Depot. The shopping mall. No matter where you are, act like you are in a library. This will make for a saner world. Speak...
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Summer reading tips
There appears to be some confusion over getting books over the summer break that are assigned reading. Here are some insights to make it easier. Assume that you will not be able to renew a book that...
View ArticleThe Library Closed
And then it was the day the library closed. Not just for the evening, or the day, or even for a holiday or staff training, but forever, but nobody noticed. Nobody noticed for the same reason it closed....
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