Author: Holly
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How Smart is Your Cat?
The Cat I.Q. Test: Measure your cat’s brainpower and social skills and discover your strengths as an owner Miller 1996 When I saw this title in a library catalog I was searching, I thought it must be a book of humorous essays about cats. I like a cat story as…
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The Romance of Nickel
The Romance of Nickel International Nickel Company of Canada 1957 Submitter: My submission is a short paean to nickel, called The Romance of Nickel. The cover does little to convince me, however, as it shows the desolate wasteland created by nickel mining. This slim volume (a mere 80 pages) was created…
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Friday Fiction – License to Drive
License to Drive: a novelization Singer 1988 Submitter: I thought this was an awful book because first, I hate movie adaptation books as a genre; second, it’s SO old and dated—from my high school years—and I was embarrassed to see this movie when it came out (I didn’t, but my friends…
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The Mission-Collection Connection
A library’s collection exists to help the library meet its mission. When you are having trouble letting go of non-circulating library materials, or talking the Powers That Be into allowing you to do some weeding, this is a great point to make. I love the fortune cookie message in the…
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Transcribing Oral History
Transcribing and Editing Oral History Baum 1977 Submitter: Finally tackling a long-overlooked section in my small academic library yesterday and found this one. I was amazed that the 33 1/3 record was still in the back until I looked at the usage and realized no one has touched the book…
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Prepare for the Apocalypse
Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization’s End Joseph 2007 These are always fun books after the fact. Here we are, five years later, and civilization is still hanging in there. By a thread, probably, but we’re still here! Look, libraries can absolutely buy these books. I don’t have any…
Awful Library Books 