The long overdue library book : stories librarians tell each other

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Information & Library Science Library

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Z682.5 .B73 2013
Status
Available

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Summary

The Cake Pan Library Running a bookmobile in South Korea Peyton Place and Mom Blessing of the animals Earthquake These stories and more can be found in this lively collection of "stories librarians tell each other." The co-authors have gathered vignettes of different kinds of library service -- their own and colleagues from past decades and present them to you for your entertainment. Funny, sad, or a little strange and quirky, the one thing that all of the stories have in common is that each one involves a library or a librarian. You will also find photo-sketches of libraries from all over. You just might see your local library between these covers. You might also recognize yourself as the subject of one or more of the stories. But not to worry: no actual names of characters were used, so your secret is safe. Please enjoy this book and share it with others. The proceeds from sales will be distributed by the authors to deserving libraries to further their mission of public literacy.

Contents

Section 1: The library experience. 1. Feelings -- 2. First memory -- 3. My library -- 4. On the shelves -- 5. Cake pans. -- Section 2: Library programs. 6. Bookmobile -- 7. Evening -- 8. Readers and writers tea. -- Section 3: All creatures great and not-so-great. 9. The blessing -- 10. Critters -- 11. Cockroach man -- 12. Cockroach woman. -- Section 4: Children's work. 13. Story hour -- 14. The book -- 15. King James -- 16. Parents -- 17. Rotten -- 18. My first story time -- 19. Santa. -- Section 5: Policies. 20. Drowning -- 21. Espionage -- 22. Murderer -- 23. Rules. -- Section 6: Library patrons. 24. ET -- 25. The flasher -- 26. Quiet man -- 27. Walnut man -- 28. The vagabond -- 29. Dale. -- Section 7: Special library types. 30. Mini-libraries -- 31. Presidential libraries -- 32. Nixon -- 33. Disco -- 34. Carnegie -- 35. Behind bars. -- Section 8: Librarians. 36. Image: aka - but you don't look like a librarian -- 37. Earthquake -- 38. Going to court -- 39. Magic -- 40. Nine-eleven -- 41. Grand theft. -- Section 9: Reference work. 42. Questions -- 43. Beautiful? -- 44. Satisfaction -- 45. Challenge. -- Section 10: Past, present, & future. 46. Overdue -- 47. Ode to a card catalog -- 48. Book marks -- 49. Technology -- 50. Reflections.

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