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"Instead of libraries everyone should just get a tablet."
"Great idea! And instead of roads everyone should just get a bucket of asphalt."
"Great idea! And instead of roads everyone should just get a bucket of asphalt."
I feel like I should apologize to my professional colleagues for the climate of legislative and cultural hostility that has befallen libraries. When I wished on that monkey's paw that people would stop ignoring and being indifferent to our work this wasn't what I had in mind.
July 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I feel like I should apologize to my professional colleagues for the climate of legislative and cultural hostility that has befallen libraries. When I wished on that monkey's paw that people would stop ignoring and being indifferent to our work this wasn't what I had in mind.
"Hi, my group is supposed to be meeting at this library, do you know what room they're in?"
"Let me check. What's the name of the group?"
"The Explorers Club."
"I mean I could just tell you but would that get you kicked out?"
"Let me check. What's the name of the group?"
"The Explorers Club."
"I mean I could just tell you but would that get you kicked out?"
July 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Hi, my group is supposed to be meeting at this library, do you know what room they're in?"
"Let me check. What's the name of the group?"
"The Explorers Club."
"I mean I could just tell you but would that get you kicked out?"
"Let me check. What's the name of the group?"
"The Explorers Club."
"I mean I could just tell you but would that get you kicked out?"
"Was the library closed yesterday?"
"Yes, for the 249th birthday celebration."
"Wow, the country is 249 years old?"
"Yes, but I'm talking about the dustbunny on the shelf back in the Dewey 800s."
"Yes, for the 249th birthday celebration."
"Wow, the country is 249 years old?"
"Yes, but I'm talking about the dustbunny on the shelf back in the Dewey 800s."
July 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Was the library closed yesterday?"
"Yes, for the 249th birthday celebration."
"Wow, the country is 249 years old?"
"Yes, but I'm talking about the dustbunny on the shelf back in the Dewey 800s."
"Yes, for the 249th birthday celebration."
"Wow, the country is 249 years old?"
"Yes, but I'm talking about the dustbunny on the shelf back in the Dewey 800s."
"All we want is for the library to hide any materials that include LGBTQ+ content of any kind."
"Well that's obviously problematic. Maybe we can explore a compromise."
"That is the compromise. What we'd really prefer is for that content not to exist at all."
"Well that's obviously problematic. Maybe we can explore a compromise."
"That is the compromise. What we'd really prefer is for that content not to exist at all."
July 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"All we want is for the library to hide any materials that include LGBTQ+ content of any kind."
"Well that's obviously problematic. Maybe we can explore a compromise."
"That is the compromise. What we'd really prefer is for that content not to exist at all."
"Well that's obviously problematic. Maybe we can explore a compromise."
"That is the compromise. What we'd really prefer is for that content not to exist at all."
If consuming audiobooks isn't reading then stop calling them books amiright
June 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If consuming audiobooks isn't reading then stop calling them books amiright
Let the record show that the hardworking #saturdaylibrarian will accept your respect and welcome your esteem but honestly would prefer funding.
June 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Let the record show that the hardworking #saturdaylibrarian will accept your respect and welcome your esteem but honestly would prefer funding.
"Listen, it's not that we mind public libraries; we just don't like the people using them or the people working there or the materials on their shelves. Everything else is fine."
June 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Listen, it's not that we mind public libraries; we just don't like the people using them or the people working there or the materials on their shelves. Everything else is fine."
‘Tis the time of year when the temperature control in the library building notches down a setting, from Elsa to Snow Miser
June 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
‘Tis the time of year when the temperature control in the library building notches down a setting, from Elsa to Snow Miser
"Hi, I'd like your help with plotting a multi-state car trip..."
"Okay, we can find resources that should help..."
"Wait I'm not finished. --And at the same time my two young children want to talk to you nonstop about what if dinosaurs fought Pokemon."
"Well okay let's do this."
"Okay, we can find resources that should help..."
"Wait I'm not finished. --And at the same time my two young children want to talk to you nonstop about what if dinosaurs fought Pokemon."
"Well okay let's do this."
June 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Hi, I'd like your help with plotting a multi-state car trip..."
"Okay, we can find resources that should help..."
"Wait I'm not finished. --And at the same time my two young children want to talk to you nonstop about what if dinosaurs fought Pokemon."
"Well okay let's do this."
"Okay, we can find resources that should help..."
"Wait I'm not finished. --And at the same time my two young children want to talk to you nonstop about what if dinosaurs fought Pokemon."
"Well okay let's do this."
There are lots of repeat questions I expected to get at the reference desk as a librarian, but the prevalence of "Can I gift you with this bag of nuts/energy drink/snack cake/loose mint/chapstick" always comes as a surprise.
June 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There are lots of repeat questions I expected to get at the reference desk as a librarian, but the prevalence of "Can I gift you with this bag of nuts/energy drink/snack cake/loose mint/chapstick" always comes as a surprise.
"Do you think a library might be interested in being an archive for my grandmother's notes and papers?"
"That depends. Was your grandmother Harry S Truman?"
"That depends. Was your grandmother Harry S Truman?"
June 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Do you think a library might be interested in being an archive for my grandmother's notes and papers?"
"That depends. Was your grandmother Harry S Truman?"
"That depends. Was your grandmother Harry S Truman?"
"Why was the library closed yesterday for something that nobody knows what it is?"
"It's easy to find out what Juneteenth is."
"I would have asked the library but you were closed."
"I'll allow your sick burn but only because it's predicated on the importance of library services."
"It's easy to find out what Juneteenth is."
"I would have asked the library but you were closed."
"I'll allow your sick burn but only because it's predicated on the importance of library services."
June 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Why was the library closed yesterday for something that nobody knows what it is?"
"It's easy to find out what Juneteenth is."
"I would have asked the library but you were closed."
"I'll allow your sick burn but only because it's predicated on the importance of library services."
"It's easy to find out what Juneteenth is."
"I would have asked the library but you were closed."
"I'll allow your sick burn but only because it's predicated on the importance of library services."
"What's this summer reading thing? You get prizes?"
"Yes, if you participate and complete the challenge the library gives you prizes."
"What kind of prizes? Money?"
"Not money."
"I'd do it if it were money."
"I'll pass your suggestion along to the committee."
"Yes, if you participate and complete the challenge the library gives you prizes."
"What kind of prizes? Money?"
"Not money."
"I'd do it if it were money."
"I'll pass your suggestion along to the committee."
June 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"What's this summer reading thing? You get prizes?"
"Yes, if you participate and complete the challenge the library gives you prizes."
"What kind of prizes? Money?"
"Not money."
"I'd do it if it were money."
"I'll pass your suggestion along to the committee."
"Yes, if you participate and complete the challenge the library gives you prizes."
"What kind of prizes? Money?"
"Not money."
"I'd do it if it were money."
"I'll pass your suggestion along to the committee."
Hoping to ease slowly into the work week, I reach to answer the ringing phone.
"Thanks for calling the library."
"Hello, I'd like to request assorted specific seasons from long-running British and Australian TV series."
"Okay, which TV series?"
"All of them. Okay, number one..."
"Thanks for calling the library."
"Hello, I'd like to request assorted specific seasons from long-running British and Australian TV series."
"Okay, which TV series?"
"All of them. Okay, number one..."
June 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Hoping to ease slowly into the work week, I reach to answer the ringing phone.
"Thanks for calling the library."
"Hello, I'd like to request assorted specific seasons from long-running British and Australian TV series."
"Okay, which TV series?"
"All of them. Okay, number one..."
"Thanks for calling the library."
"Hello, I'd like to request assorted specific seasons from long-running British and Australian TV series."
"Okay, which TV series?"
"All of them. Okay, number one..."
I hear there's a lot of free speech activity going on today. Schedules being what they are, of course, the #saturdaylibrarian isn't available to protest, except by, y'know, being a librarian.
June 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I hear there's a lot of free speech activity going on today. Schedules being what they are, of course, the #saturdaylibrarian isn't available to protest, except by, y'know, being a librarian.
Management encourages us to focus on proposing solutions instead of complaining about problems. But that's just blatantly neglecting my chief skill set.
June 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Management encourages us to focus on proposing solutions instead of complaining about problems. But that's just blatantly neglecting my chief skill set.
When Beanstack goes down it's a huge hit to our productivity. Not just because of the inconvenience with logging patron signups, but also because of the time lost to library staff collaboratively writing lyrics to the full-on Backstreet Boys parody "Beanstack's Back, All Right."
June 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When Beanstack goes down it's a huge hit to our productivity. Not just because of the inconvenience with logging patron signups, but also because of the time lost to library staff collaboratively writing lyrics to the full-on Backstreet Boys parody "Beanstack's Back, All Right."
I'm afraid we only own books 2, 5, 6, and 11 in the series. There's only one copy of book 1 in the hemisphere and book 4 doesn't appear ever to have existed. I recommend reading them in random order and tearing occasional chunks of pages out of selected volumes, because why not.
June 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'm afraid we only own books 2, 5, 6, and 11 in the series. There's only one copy of book 1 in the hemisphere and book 4 doesn't appear ever to have existed. I recommend reading them in random order and tearing occasional chunks of pages out of selected volumes, because why not.
"The theme for this year's Summer Reading Program is hope."
"Hope for a better future?"
"No, hope that Beanstack starts working soon."
"Hope for a better future?"
"No, hope that Beanstack starts working soon."
June 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The theme for this year's Summer Reading Program is hope."
"Hope for a better future?"
"No, hope that Beanstack starts working soon."
"Hope for a better future?"
"No, hope that Beanstack starts working soon."
"Did you see the email from the library administrative team? Due to budgetary deficiencies during these difficult times, branches won't get any more plastic ball-point pens."
"Hang on, I'm doing the math."
"What math?"
"How many pens it takes to make up a library administrative salary."
"Hang on, I'm doing the math."
"What math?"
"How many pens it takes to make up a library administrative salary."
June 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Did you see the email from the library administrative team? Due to budgetary deficiencies during these difficult times, branches won't get any more plastic ball-point pens."
"Hang on, I'm doing the math."
"What math?"
"How many pens it takes to make up a library administrative salary."
"Hang on, I'm doing the math."
"What math?"
"How many pens it takes to make up a library administrative salary."
It is #saturdaylibrarian time and I am Here For It*
*because I'm obligated to be under the terms of my employment
*because I'm obligated to be under the terms of my employment
June 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It is #saturdaylibrarian time and I am Here For It*
*because I'm obligated to be under the terms of my employment
*because I'm obligated to be under the terms of my employment
We represent the Library Guild
The Library Guild, the Library Guild
And in the name of the Library Guild
Please put on a shirt
The Library Guild, the Library Guild
And in the name of the Library Guild
Please put on a shirt
June 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We represent the Library Guild
The Library Guild, the Library Guild
And in the name of the Library Guild
Please put on a shirt
The Library Guild, the Library Guild
And in the name of the Library Guild
Please put on a shirt
"Are you done using that study room?"
"No, I'm just going out for a while."
"Are you coming back soon?"
"No but my stuff's in there. I'll check back in eventually."
"I mean, it's not your summer home."
"No, I'm just going out for a while."
"Are you coming back soon?"
"No but my stuff's in there. I'll check back in eventually."
"I mean, it's not your summer home."
June 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Are you done using that study room?"
"No, I'm just going out for a while."
"Are you coming back soon?"
"No but my stuff's in there. I'll check back in eventually."
"I mean, it's not your summer home."
"No, I'm just going out for a while."
"Are you coming back soon?"
"No but my stuff's in there. I'll check back in eventually."
"I mean, it's not your summer home."
"Are librarians worried that they'll be replaced by A.I.?"
"Not really."
"I asked an A.I. resource if librarians would lose their jobs because of A.I. and it answered that they would."
"Oh good, that means it almost definitely isn't going to happen."
"Not really."
"I asked an A.I. resource if librarians would lose their jobs because of A.I. and it answered that they would."
"Oh good, that means it almost definitely isn't going to happen."
June 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Are librarians worried that they'll be replaced by A.I.?"
"Not really."
"I asked an A.I. resource if librarians would lose their jobs because of A.I. and it answered that they would."
"Oh good, that means it almost definitely isn't going to happen."
"Not really."
"I asked an A.I. resource if librarians would lose their jobs because of A.I. and it answered that they would."
"Oh good, that means it almost definitely isn't going to happen."