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DRESS CODES
Objections Made
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Librarian Wally Turnip has been put on final notice for dress code violations. Director of Currytime Library District, Brian Ordinary, stated that although the move away from the stereotypical librarian image was to be applauded, under OSH guidelines all librarians in the district were required to wear enclosed shoes at the worksite ...
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TECHNICAL SERVICES
Hazard Warning Issued
Manufacturers of binding tape have issued a product recall on that wide brown adhesive strip stuff. Apparently a formulation error has resulted in the release of really sticky tape that unrolls itself, then wraps around the user ...
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NEW RECORD
World's Largest Bookworm
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Drummond, Washington librarians claim to have found the world's largest bookworm in their library. Nicknamed "Snowy", the reptile has been living in the reference section for at least two years. It was found after an investigation into why patrons refused to use encyclopedias ...
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WLW RESEARCH
Librarian's Fears Revealed
Following an extensive survey of librarians in the lunchroom at a public library [location withheld by request], it was found that the most scary situations for the majority of information professionals was large numbers of library visitors arriving 5 minutes before closing time. A close second was the appointment of new administrators ...
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WHERE'S THE BOOK?
Technical Glitch Solved
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Production: The book is now at the printing stage, but no firm date yet available for release ... but 'promised' for this month.
Preview: The front and back covers are available here, at no cost. You'll only have to buy the bits in between, but you'll also get a hard copy of these covers, gratis.
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 STREAMING MEDIA
Save time and money
Are you fed up and worn out by user education sessions that don't seem to get the point across? Either the people that need them most don't come to scheduled events, or they can't maintain concentration for the required 30 minutes? KFC Library at Harvard may have solved this problem with all of us, with a web-based 1.57 minute streaming video introduction to library use ...
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SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION
 Conference Appearances
Minnesota, USA - October, 2003: Confirmed.
Queensland, Australia - June 2004: Invitation received.
California, USA - November 2004: Correspondence received.
 From the Mailbox
This week, thanks to Bob who took the trouble of emailing to let us know about his new website featuring naked pictures of his girlfriend; there were 3 more offers of millions of dollars in exchange for banking account details; and what was probably a really interesting one that required downloading of Japanese fonts - but as we can't read Japanese, there really didn't seem to be much point ...
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LATEST HUMOR PAGE
Library Signs Explained
You have to ask, if people can't read (apart from the visually challenged and the very young), what are they doing in the library? We put up signs in pictorial form, but they still don't seem to get it ...
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MORE ORIGINAL HUMOR
Laugh yourself comatose.
No, folks, WLW isn't just yet another directory of humor. The Humor Index contains over 90 original humor items, all written by Biblia the Warrior Librarian. Honest. Use the genetically unmodified Alphabetical Index or the dolphin-safe Dewey Version. Caffeine-free version still to come .... |
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Another week: another couple of thousand books loaned; another couple of hundred books purchased; another couple of million stupid reference questions asked (although all answered with dignity and respect) - but I bet something really exciting will happen next week ...
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"I know all about your standards and if you don't mind my sayin' so there's not a man alive who could hope to measure up to that blend of Paul Bunyan, Saint Pat, and Noah Webster you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, your Iowa stubbornness, and your li'berry full of books! "
Mrs Paroo, in The Music Man (movie)
Quote in Context >>
According to a highly authoritative source, Madonna (the singer, not the mother of God) is now threatening to write a series of children's books ...
The website Netscrap provides a potentially very valuable resource for librarians, by listing Really Stupid People. Unfortunately, there are only 10 listings currently available - we thought that there would be more than that ...
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The information provided by Weiner Teaneck Library on the construction of their new library in Texas is brief, but fascinating. We just have trouble getting our heads around the architect's name, let alone his modus operandi ...
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Welcome to the first in a very occassional series that looks at individual librarians. A very brief examination of the professional perspectives and personal interests of personalities - without anything as boring as interviews or background research stuff.
This week we look at Jane Mackenzie, who doesn't seem to be related in any way to Jamie Mackenzie. She seems to be based in the UK, but we didn't check this in any way. However, she did write a paper that mentioned warrior librarianship (right at the end), and has something to do with an organization called Information for Social Change ...
Mackenzie's Paper >>
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COMMUNICATION FOR LIBRARIANS
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Many thanks to the Catty Librarian for constructing an exhaustive list of discussion groups for librarians. Gee, we got tired just trying to count how many there were ... ....
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Congratulations to Doug of the Law Faculty of UKFC for constructing the site Searching for Evil; maybe someone can do a companion site on Searching For Really Nice Things, which seem to be a lot harder to find ...
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