Category: money money money
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say hi to Miss Sarah
the teen librarian you wish you had (or were) I met Sarah Jones (Teen Librarian) via twitter, and I’m happy to say that via the gloriousness of the internet we’ve become real life friends. I’ve been continually amazed by her efforts whenever she talks about her job on twitter or facebook, and I finally decided…
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Oak Brook Man Hates Libraries, Children, Puppies
This article is simultaneously funny and heartbreaking. The gist is this: the library lost funding, a little girl spoke about how the library would not be the same without the people that had to be fired (including the children’s librarian), and the puppy hating man in the title, Xinos, rebutted the girl and made her …
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Chicago branch libraries find budget cuts stacked against them — chicagotribune.com
Chicago branch libraries find budget cuts stacked against them — chicagotribune.com. Daley really screwed up here. At a time when library usage is higher than ever, cutting the staff that take care of the materials that patrons want is not the move you want to make. A sad story that keeps getting sadder. There’s really…
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take this job and shelve it
I love shelvers/pages/whatever you call them at your particular library. I love them so much because they perform such a vital job in the library. Excellent shelvers are a rare creature, I think. My ideal shelver puts away materials briskly and efficiently, asks for help when needed, and takes pride in the appearance of the…
Hi, Miss Julie 