Category: Librarian’s Choice
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Digital Libraries
Digital libraries Balasubramanian 2021 Submitter: I was excited to see this book at my local public library. I always like learning more about what other libraries are doing in the way of digital libraries. This book is a joke! Just take a look at the scanning section. Not to mention…
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Old School Finger Plays
Let’s Do Finger Plays Grayson 1962 A colleague was cleaning out the youth storytime collection when she ran across this little blast from the past. Of course we both knew immediately that we were looking at an antique given the “attractive” library binding. I recognized quite a few rhymes that…
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Some Day I’ll Be a Librarian
Some Day I’ll Be a Librarian Splaver 1967 Submitter: This gem is still on-shelf at [University], where I attended library school. The writing is pretty good overall, but it was the text on page 16 that first had me howling — the kids at the library each *happen* to come…
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Other duties as assigned…
Not too long ago, a library student asked me about my job. I am closing in on my 20th year of library service and both Holly and I have done tasks along the entire library spectrum, from shelving to hiring and firing. For a long time, I thought it was…
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Give ‘Em What They Want
Give ‘Em What They Want!: Managing the Public’s Library American Library Association 1992 Submitter: This was not a bad choice for 1992. But holding on to it today is just sad. This was still being used at my local library. I think it’s time to update to this century. Holly:…
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Lively Libraries
250 tested ideas for lively libraries or GO, PEP, and POP! Baeckler and Larson 1976 Submitter: Not only is this book ancient, but it was also still on the shelf. We are a small, rural public library. Holly: The sample suggestion card (first image below) is fantastic. At first I…
Awful Library Books 