Originally published: August 2, 2011 I could tell something was up with the children’s librarian when we changed guards for the evening shift. (She wasn’t as chatty as she was usually is.) One of our patrons, a teen, almost drowned Monday night. He and his family are avid library patrons. They maybe very local, butContinue reading “The reality of a small town”
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“Meanwhile, Shakespeare Month was not going well.”
– Avi Steinberg, Running The Books: The Adventure of an Accidental Prison Librarian
Summer Reading Program 2010
Snapped after a staff meeting last summer. I wasn’t working that day so I didn’t get the memo about wearing our Splash! Into Reading shirts.
Thanks for not being useless
Three years ago, my adviser laughed at me because I told her my career plan was to become a librarian. That reaction fueled a two-year animosity between us. She retired in the fall, so my new adviser is the chair of the Political Science department. I didn’t have any expectations for him. At this point,Continue reading “Thanks for not being useless”
The Library: An Illustrated History
Yes, I read a library book about libraries. Let me just say, The Library: An Illustrated History, by Stuart A.P Murray, is not as illustrated as you might think. The illustrated portion was, more or less, an afterthought from the author. I can only guess that one would need to put a spin on aContinue reading “The Library: An Illustrated History”
Cassidy B. Charles 