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19 Secrets of Public Librarians
I’ve been using libraries since before I was old enough to have my own library card, so I’m a huge fan.
Also, if you cut school by hanging out in the library the whole day, the librarians will assume you’re there working on some special school project and won’t say a word about your presence.
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3. THEY CAN HELP YOU WITH EVERYTHING FROM METADATA TO FILLING OUT YOUR TAXES.
Errrr, no. We are not tax preparers and we will not “Help” you with your taxes much beyond getting you the forms and instruction booklets. That way we aren’t hauled in to the IRS because your taxes have mistakes.
I once checked out a book-on-tape of a Wolfman story that I think was adapted from a Marvel comic of the same name. It had a modified version of the comic meant to read along with the tape. I lost the tape and do not remember returning it to the library because of that fact. It was about 1977 or 78 and from the Walter Branch Library. My question is, what are my options and is a “fine amnesty” possible?
Speaking in my capacity as a professional Librarian…no.
Wow! You librarians are strict!
Check the HQ79 call number area.
My eyes started to glaze over when I saw ‘enforcing gender stereotypes’ and ‘microaggressions’ but other than that, not bad.
#20: They get to have as much sex with homeless people as they can handle. “Why do you think,” said a librarian who asked to remain nameless, “we let the bums get away with stinking up the place and talking loudly themselves? If they weren’t a reliable source of free tail, they’d be out on their ragged asses.”