fggtlibrarian:

GPOY - Happier than a pig in shit, because the Boston Public Library is craaaayzy awesome!

Someone is fucking gorgeous. And a librarian!

lemdi:

The deal with Amazon and their new netflix-inspired book lending.

I’m supposed to be all uproarious OH NOES because LIBRARIES! So here, just so it’s out of your system:

 

Whenever Kindle Library Lending starts up, people who can’t afford the Amazon book rental fee may still be able to check Kindle books out from their library. I only wish Netflix would provide a similar library subscription model.

Now go read the rest of lemdi’s post.

novazembla:

Drug front, probably.

Indeed, very sketchy. o.0

(Source: poplibrary)

Reason #5676 why I’m glad I don’t answer the General Questions phone line at the library anymore.

(via cbsundance)

fggtlibrarian:

New favourite photo of all time!!! 

(Source: thepster)

I don’t remember anyone being rude to me, and I didn’t kill anyone, so I’m gonna call today’s work day a success.

• The Tumblr iPhone app does not allow you to save reblogs as drafts. This is perfectly in line with the Tumblr team’s unwritten motto to make the app “Twice As Useless and Frustrating As the Website in Every Way!” so there’s no point in acting surprised or getting angry. Really. Just stop.
• When you get to a desktop computer and try to recreate a lost reblog that made so much wicked sense before you had your coffee it is guaranteed to a) make no sense and b) make you sound like a creep/stalker/obsessive. If you have had the right amount of coffee at this point you will delete it forever. Do not under any circumstances post it.
• Once the coffee has hit your (empty) stomach, you will wake up. After a fashion. You will, however, be completely useless to library patrons until you’ve had food. Thank goodness lunch is only a few hours away!
• Nothing and no one can make you write in first person this morning. Empirically speaking, that is.
• You will spend the morning wondering what would have happened if you had called in sick instead of coming in to work. The one employee who arrived at at the library on time (a shelver) would certainly have been able to hold down the fort, right? Your library administration has been downplaying the contributions of librarians, so surely you didn’t need to be there. WHY ARE YOU NOT HOME STILL ASLEEP.
• You will not give this post a satisfying conclusion.

If I thought I could get away with it, I’d covertly videotape a day’s worth of library patron antics and post it on the internet for your enjoyment. Like these two girls who are currently performing some sort of synchronized head-banging routine as they walk across the bridge by the reference desk.

Also if I weren’t a professional. With ETHICS.

When you call the library and ask to renew some items, and I look up your card and ask what you want to renew, if your answer is “Oh, hey, great, thanks,” then one of us is not understanding the other.