Author: Holly
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Isn’t That Just Like a Man!
Oh Well! You Know How Women Are! and Isn’t That Just Like a Man! Cobb 1920 Submitter: I came across this gem on our discards cart. It comes from an undisclosed university library in the Pacific Northwest. This book was written by Irvin S. Cobb who was an early 1900’s…
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Discards
Let’s talk about what to do with weeded library materials. If you’ve ever heard Mary and I speak at a conference or in a webinar, you’ve heard us harp on the idea that where discards end up is as important as what actually gets discarded. We have to discard responsibly…
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Serials
One of my library science student interns asked me to spend 20 minutes with her, going over with her how the serials collection is managed at our library. That is one of my collection responsibilities, so I was happy to comply. (Truth: after I jumped for joy that anyone wanted…
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Awful Call Number
Pumpkin Pumpkin Titherington 1989 Holly: Juvenile humor alert! I’m sorry, but this is just funny. Submitter: Not an awful library book but an awful call number. We circulate oversize picture books and use the call number Youth Big First 3 letters of author’s last name. The book is Pumpkin, Pumpkin…
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Separated at Birth?
Separated at Birth? by the Editors of SPY 1988 Submitter: This looks like it’s supposed to be a humorous book, but it’s lost on me. The entire book is basically pictures of celebrities/public figures placed next to other celebrities/public figures who have the same hair style and are making the…
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…But it was an award winner!
Some of the more difficult weeds in libraries are award winners. The Newbery, Caldecott, National Book Award, Hugo, Bram Stoker, Nebula, etc. etc. etc. awards are wonderful choices for most public libraries – and even some school, university, and special libraries. However, they should be held to *almost* the same…
Awful Library Books 