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LATE DECEMBER, 2002
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LIBRARIANS SEE RED
Is Santa Claus Credentialed?
Graphic from Pleasanton Website
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The current library invasion of jolly bearded men wearing red suits is causing information professionals to ask where these people got their qualifications in children's literature. But library staff don't want to seem churlish or anything, you understand, it's just a matter of maintaining standards ....
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SALARIES CAMPAIGN
Retirement not an option
Working for $50 a month, Alabama's oldest active librarian Elsie Chandler is 93. Her budget is $150 per month from the town, and another $150 per quarter from the state. And you thought YOU had things tough.
But still, when you only serve a population of 650, and you mainly keep the library open for your husband and your own two kids, it's probably not such a big deal anyay ...
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LIBRARY CRIME REPORT
Just too desperate?
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A public library clerk was fired for stealing $18,000 in 10c pieces over a 5 month period. The WLW calculator shows this to be equal to 180,000 coins, which would weigh a considerable amount. The news report does not say if the clerk was counter-suing for OHS-related damages ...
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 SCREAMING TEDIA
Net-not Working
For the geographically or socially isolated, Antioch N.E.G.S. Library offers mgp videos of some of their staff introducing themselves. We can't review these videos, as WLW doesn't have the right plug-ins. But the library can lend you CDs with the software, if you are in their area. So we guess you can meet the librarians in person then, which sort of defeats the whole purpose of the videos. Or maybe it's a very clever marketing tactic? In which case, either "Doh!" or "Well Done!" ...
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SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION
Biblia Tops Asimov Record
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One of the many 'claims to fame' of author Isaac Asimov is the fact that (until yesterday) he was the only living author to have published work in each of the 10 primary Dewey Classifications. The Warrior Librarian, having nothing better do to, 'catalogued' the Humor Index - and not only equalled Asimov, but bettered him. Note: no cataloguing correspondence will be entered into ... |
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LATEST HUMOR PAGE
Operating Manual for Library Users
Something to help the patrons as they lurch from one misguided assumption to the next; a checklist of library problems, causes and possible solutions ...
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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 70 original humor items, all written by Biblia the Warrior Librarian. Honest. Use the new improved index! Now in alphabetical order, even. Click here for the Dewey Version or here for the English version. Swedish and Japanese versions still to come ....
MOST POPULAR BIBLIA PAGES
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How come library patrons wait until the last half of December to notice that librarians are people too? Sheesh!!!
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Teachers and students agree that J.K. Rowling's four Harry Potter books have energised the world of publishing. Single-handedly, they've reintroduced children to the unparalleled joys that only reading can bring. So what do they do next? They turn them into movies, so all those lazy bastard kids can revert right back to their usual drooling, catatonic state."
Desmond Devlin; Mad Magazine (397).
As if anyone actually reads maths books! Maths Patrol not only claims these to be works of literature, but wants to send librarians "back to wince they came". Time to get out of the 510's, guys ...
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Those suffering from Yuletide Disinterest Syndrome may be interested in Google's results for "Bah Humbug".
A Library Hall of Fame? The Ledger-Enquirer reports that the Columbus Area Library Association will recognise oustanding achievement in librarianship - but only in that area. When will there be a national (or international) one? Or do we each build our own ...
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WLW SEASONAL TIP OF THE WEEK
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The best way to get through |
crowded shopping malls is to sing Christmas carols, very loudly (and out of tune if possible). Crowds will always give right-of-way to crazy people ...
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