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Library rebellion quashed
Despite being able to cite the "Five Finger Test" for page readability, combined with a desire to read books from her personal areas of interest, Peashon has failed to sway local authorities away from their Colored Dot on Spine System of determining what should be used, based on chronological age. Completely unthawed by the inflexibility of her library, Muostang declared she would "take her business elsewhere" ... ... No more to read here >> Adopting the idiom
However, there are an increasing number of information scientists and literature promotionalists who are striking back using the format of choice (pictured) of many of their more youthful patrons. One librarian, who is known only as ERFSOH1, has reached the end of the tether. Now library users are in no doubt as to expected dress standards in this library. "Keep your shoes on. You are not at home" .... ...No more to read here >> It's all Greek to Harry Potter
Publishers Bloomsbury ancient Greek scholar Andrew Wilson for this edition. Wilson denies his "old fart" status, referring to himself as a "retired classics teacher". Amongst the many challenges faced in inventing a suitable vocabulary to cover words such as computer and car, Wilson was able to write himself into the record books by extending the list of "known ancient Greek words" by a significant percentage. Which means that around the world, book stock supporting studies in ancient greek will have to be replaced in at least three libraries ... ... No more to read here >> Author celebrates birthday
There is little mystery surrounding the author, whose biographies are splattered all over the 'net so that people who are too lazy to go to an actual library and for-goodness-sakes borrow a book (ooh! Shock! Horror!) written by an authoritative source and presented in a quality binding complete with indexes and other stuff that hardly ever gets looked at by the "oh, I'm much too busy/important/other puerile excuse" brigade who won't exert just a little effort into their recreational or informational reading, and just expect everything to be handed to them on a platter and think that life owes them something just because they exist, and not to mention their atrocious attitude to librarians and have absolutely no idea of the appalling salaries and working conditions that exist in a lot of libraries. But we may have digressed slightly here. Unfortunately, Dr Geisel won't actually be attending any of these celebrations, as he died in 1991 ... ... No more to read here >> Warrior Librarian attacked
Shoppers in the store were completely indifferent to the performance, whilst store manager John didn't even realize the event had taken place. Interviewed later, he stated that they get "all sorts of weirdoes in here" ... ... No more to read here >>
Unsurprisingly, this mutated into something of a wish list, which was almost impossible to convert into a document suitable for publication. Inevitably, it was reformatted into a more suitable genre ...
MORE ORIGINAL HUMOR
Research has shown that the average librarian will take 15 to 20 minutes to read this web page. Anecdotal evidence is suggesting that many librarians fear they do not have enough time to investigate the humor links. The majority of the 90+ original library humor items (all written by Biblia, and not available anywhere else on the 'net) in the Humor Index are designed to take less than 2 minutes to read. However, if you choose to hang around there for hours reading them all, then re-reading them, then WLW cannot take any responsibility. You now have the choice of using the genetically unmodified Alphabetical Index or the dolphin-safe Dewey Version. Caffeine-free version has been temporarily canned, pending an FDA investigation ... MOST POPULAR BIBLIA PAGES TO DATE:
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The Sydney man who successfully developed his own special collection of rare books, valued at AUD$650,000 over five years - without any expenditure - should immediately be offered a library managerial position. After the police have finished with him, of course ... Congratulations to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for granting the sum of $8,500 to the local library to teach technology skills and provide technology services to the local population. With that sort of money, they could buy maybe 6 computers and some software ... Security mirrors and cameras don't seem to be preventing library crime. "I'm beginning to wonder if we should take the word free out of Thomas Beaver Free Library because it doesn't mean that you can just walk in and walk out with materials," said library director Tom Jenkins ... One wonders if the increase in circulation of adult fiction at the St. Joseph County Public Library could be caused by a misunderstanding of the use of the word "adult" ... The $1.3 million upgrade of a 104-year-old school in Victoria (Australia) included the provision of a new library as part of a $3.7 billion package to "improve education". Officially opened by the state's Premier Steve Bracks, who is unperturbed by the fact that less than 15% of the state's school libraries are administered by appropriately credentialed staff ... Who would have guessed that Spain was the third largest book publisher in Europe? Or that 47% of the population claim they don't read books ... The governor of Illinois is proposing to give free books to every child - one per month from birth to age 5 (totalling 60 books). Recently, as part of his election platform, priministerial hopeful Mark Latham broke new ground in Australia by suggesting that each child born would receive three (3) books under his government. Imagine how much more access would be gained to reading material, if the money went into library funds ... A different sort of book challenge to crime non-fiction is looming in Nevada, where the sister of a murder victim has applied for the royalties from the book about the crime, written by the perpetrator ... On the technology front, the news is that the latest version of WinZip is now available. According to sources, "new in 9.0 is 128- and 256-bit AES encryption for more powerful security than the old Zip 2.0 encryption. The new version also supports 64-bit extensions to the Zip format, so you can now create Zip archives of virtually any size; you're not stuck with the previous 4-gigabyte limit." Which sounds really great, but what colors does it come in? There is no more >>
How do I use computers to teach place value to Grade 2? There is no more >>
I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. Unknown
Struggling with funding? Popcap's Big Money is a great (although somewhat addictive) game where you can accumulate thousands of dollars in a few minutes ... There is no more >>
Many thanks to Sunday Magazine for bringing our attention to Word Spy, a boon for those of us who wouldn't know a freegan from a cankle. This is a 'living dictionary' that reflects the weirdness of the English language ... There is no more >>
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Concerned librarians are now questioning 8-year-old Muostang Peashon, believed to be responsible for inciting elementary school peers to borrow books rated beyond their assumed reading levels.
Library folk are getting absolutely feed-up with having their signs ignored. The casual library visitor is apparently completely oblivious to the amount of expense, time and trouble involved with having a professionally presented, succinct message overtly displayed for their information.
Although already translated into 60 languages, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has now been re-incarnated (retrospectively) into Ancient Greek.
Around the world, libraries are gearing up for the 100th birthday of Theodore Geisel, known to younger readers as "Dr Seuss".
In what may yet be the most pathetic attempt to capitolize on the publicity generated by Australian crocodile hunter Steve Irwin's 'holding-a-one-month-old-baby-when-feeding-crocodiles' 
Recently, the Warrior Librarian Research team commenced a major project to determine which facets of library life were the most irritating, and if (and how) they might be eliminated without actual physical harm or fiscal implications.
MASS MEDIA: Yet again, there has been no coverage in any of the national papers on either Biblia or Warrior Librarian Weekly. Sheesh, even the Blacktown Sun and the Blacktown Advocate seem to be completely tied up with other stories ...
CONFERENCES Biblia's next conference appearance is scheduled on 
ACADEMIA: The University of Texas at Arlington now lists this website on its page 'Websites for Professional Growth'...
INTERNET: Google now lists 'about' 1,830 hits for a search on the phrase "warrior librarian". Not that we check regularly or anything ....
FROM THE MAILBOX: There's been an interesting increase in the number of "bouncing" emails coming back to our mailbox - particularly as they weren't sent from here. When we find out who's spoofing our address to send p*orn*graphic spam, boy, are they in deep trouble ...
