Letters to a Young Librarian

Bear with me as I tell a bit of a story before launching into the main gist of today's post. The library's roof no longer leaks (r...

“Where does he get those wonderful toys?"  ~The Joker, Batman (1989) Every librarian knows this story, so I won't take up a whol...

My post this week is hosted at another blog (with all the guest posts I host, it's a nice change to write one myself), Collection Reflec...

I am one of those “librarians who don’t work in a library” that you hear about more and more. I supervise the Conflicts of Interest departme...

"Do not underestimate the service component of this profession. Don’t become a librarian because you love books. Books are just another...

I sit at the desk in my office, with piles of printouts from meetings, ledgers, and names and phone numbers of library staff. I have a To-D...

I have a confession to make: I'm a random tweeter . On Twitter, I talk about comic books. I talk about cats (a lot). I talk about ...