tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post704298276185439937..comments2023-11-22T02:49:34.600-06:00Comments on A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette: Circulation, Beware ofJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028088897973151439noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-65966434043977119422009-12-15T20:57:16.462-06:002009-12-15T20:57:16.462-06:00Circulation at the main branch where I work is fre...Circulation at the main branch where I work is freaking insane. They should all be check out girls at the grocery store, they're the kind who cut a bitch for asking to borrow a pencil. <br /><br />Reference are wacky academics, I like them well. Children's are the ones who can best pass as humans. A lot of them were teachers who got out before the stress killed their soul.The Scrivener Colliderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16438984936360543473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-42568431137862164532009-11-24T10:07:03.581-06:002009-11-24T10:07:03.581-06:00Male catalogers. 'nuf said.Male catalogers. 'nuf said.V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18019660403993241248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-88017457154922830722009-11-10T15:16:58.173-06:002009-11-10T15:16:58.173-06:00Everyone is crazy. But cataloguers are a particula...Everyone is crazy. But cataloguers are a particular kind of crazy.Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09072369587698652657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-74131205274068802132009-06-02T20:29:34.898-05:002009-06-02T20:29:34.898-05:00yeah, library director at my public library (along...yeah, library director at my public library (along with his workwife harem of fulltime lady librarians). definitely deranged. out of touch, out of sight (not enough though), oblivious and vociferously verbal about his general dislike of librarians.<br /><br />I feel like suggesting he (and all the other library staff I've ever worked with who seem to really hate librarians) go get a job at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-61752105953394966862009-05-12T08:55:00.000-05:002009-05-12T08:55:00.000-05:00And MY word verification if fuggig...what's going ...And MY word verification if fuggig...what's going on here? Is this rigged?zeldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945645562385091140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-17571987623892158032009-04-20T15:55:00.000-05:002009-04-20T15:55:00.000-05:00Serials librarians. They cuss up a storm. And all...Serials librarians. They cuss up a storm. And all library directors are weird folk. <br /><br />And my word verification is brariesThoughts on Life and Millinery.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826496514403918108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-30562839597018661122009-04-19T14:38:00.000-05:002009-04-19T14:38:00.000-05:00If you have ever dealt with the curatorial departm...If you have ever dealt with the curatorial department of a national museum, you'll find librarians to be very nice and normal people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-66627679926057340182009-04-19T03:00:00.000-05:002009-04-19T03:00:00.000-05:00I'm curious who'd win a price:
The crazies...I'm curious who'd win a price:<br />The craziest departments from Libraries versus the craziest departments from Banks & Insurance Compagnies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-51125628180616883122009-04-17T07:13:00.000-05:002009-04-17T07:13:00.000-05:00i think every department has its geek or two, whic...i think every department has its geek or two, which makes the library the nicest place on earth, as normal ppl quite frequently suck :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-76982861736348302362009-04-17T07:01:00.000-05:002009-04-17T07:01:00.000-05:00The crazy people from the cataloging department. T...The crazy people from the cataloging department. They invented the sick building syndrome. Their manager behaves as if he were general CusterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-15947700581513781532009-04-16T16:27:00.000-05:002009-04-16T16:27:00.000-05:00Pages and circ staff are the same thing at my libr...Pages and circ staff are the same thing at my library... and yes, we are all crazy. All the full time staff and crazy nutjob patrons made us this way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-63336013159955473362009-04-16T12:52:00.000-05:002009-04-16T12:52:00.000-05:00Wait a minute. I'm a solo. There's no option but m...Wait a minute. I'm a solo. There's no option but me.<br />...<br />Uh oh.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />PS- my verification word is "scrudeu". I read it as "screwed you".Brett VanBenschotenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182503411580870841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-64316220054251572092009-04-16T08:20:00.000-05:002009-04-16T08:20:00.000-05:00My colleagues would say Cataloging, but really, it...My colleagues would say Cataloging, but really, it's Administration. These people are nuts. They're so out of touch that it's sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-11334118106207054652009-04-15T08:35:00.000-05:002009-04-15T08:35:00.000-05:00Acqui.batshit.sitions.Acqui.batshit.sitions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-65526956675233671192009-04-14T18:41:00.000-05:002009-04-14T18:41:00.000-05:00Circ and cataloging - the circ people don't want a...Circ and cataloging - the circ people don't want anything to change, EVER, and the cataloger is just an insane control freak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-25460462337344212342009-04-14T17:13:00.000-05:002009-04-14T17:13:00.000-05:00I'm so glad you guys are back! I really missed you...I'm so glad you guys are back! I really missed your humorous insights.Cindynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-56153248102586381712009-04-14T17:12:00.000-05:002009-04-14T17:12:00.000-05:00Is anyone who said Instruction able to give exampl...Is anyone who said Instruction able to give examples? I want to be sure I'm not the crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-67427366354025747762009-04-14T15:33:00.000-05:002009-04-14T15:33:00.000-05:00In mine, its sadly a toss up between acquisitions ...In mine, its sadly a toss up between acquisitions and circulation. I don't mean they are crazy in a goofy and fun loving way, but in a "insane and backstabbing and really unstable" Not pleasent at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-19077564383391879212009-04-14T15:02:00.000-05:002009-04-14T15:02:00.000-05:00I think the serials cataloging ring of the tech se...I think the serials cataloging ring of the tech services peanut gallery in my own 'brary takes the cake (notwithstanding a recent retirement; her replacement holds no candle to her wanked-out-ness). Although it's not called CATALOGING any more: "resource description" pushes New Modern Library Thinking into megafail territory.<br />I used to consider myself a librarian wannabe, but there's no Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02361646679238162016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-55690871653022577272009-04-14T14:37:00.000-05:002009-04-14T14:37:00.000-05:00Academic library cataloging fer sure. We had psych...Academic library cataloging fer sure. We had psychos, a legend-in-own-mind male diva or two and general nasty blood feuds all around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-65193262513065611442009-04-14T14:35:00.000-05:002009-04-14T14:35:00.000-05:00At the public library I work at- the children's de...At the public library I work at- the children's department. You *have* to be crazy to deal with kids all day.<br /><br />At the academic library- definitely Cataloging. Ick.batgirlhttp://libraryblackbook.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-90052936639273168992009-04-14T13:43:00.000-05:002009-04-14T13:43:00.000-05:00They're all crazy. Each department has a special k...They're all crazy. Each department has a special kind of crazy person that is manic about their "super-serious-emergency" work. <br /><br />Having said that, I'm going with Instructional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-14745803777845897632009-04-14T13:17:00.000-05:002009-04-14T13:17:00.000-05:00Crazies work in all departments, but mostly at cir...Crazies work in all departments, but mostly at circ. We have one who keeps needing to go to rehab (but says "no, no, no"). Imagine what Janis Joplin would look like if she hadn't died young. The poster child for "Say No to Drugs". I gave up marijuana the day I met her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-42984271518062556622009-04-14T13:14:00.000-05:002009-04-14T13:14:00.000-05:00I'm going to kind of quote Yvonne and say that It ...I'm going to kind of quote Yvonne and say that It takes a special kind of crazy to decide to be a librarian. Think long and hard about your library school experience. You're now starting to remember that all of those fellow students were effing nuts no matter what they decided to specialize in. Librarians. Are. Crazy.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231293319830149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-81417048288022390632009-04-14T12:58:00.000-05:002009-04-14T12:58:00.000-05:00Preservation. Bad glue fumes brains are for.Preservation. Bad glue fumes brains are for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com