Use your experience at the library's reference desk to get the pulse of what people are reading. If you want people to read and cite your writing, consider writing an article entitled, "The Effects of Global Warming on Marijuana Legalization: Can Childhood Obesity be the Next Diabetes for Autistic Serial Killers with HIV/AIDS." If you can publish this in The Academic Journal -- Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Research Articles, that's all the better.
Note: If you are a desperate undergraduate who stumbled upon this page in a Google search, stop right now and go see your local librarian.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Dissatisfaction, Faking
Librarians should celebrate National Library Week by pretending to be dissatisfied with their profession. Admitting that you actually like your job is a sign of weakness, and it will open you up to ridicule and resentment from your library colleagues. You'll be much happier if you pretend to be miserable.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Tweets, Writing archive-worthy
Librarians should celebrate National Library Week by tweeting their support for libraries. Your public Twitter posts will now be recorded for posterity by the Library of Congress, thus cementing your writing in the cultural record alongside tweets from @glennbeck, the unofficial @MTV_JerseyShore, and @fart_robot.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Posters, Motivating with
Celebrate National Library Week by staring lustfully over your glasses at your hunky celebrity READ poster while absentmindedly filing vendor invoices in your lonely cubicle.
[Link updated 4/9/12.]
[Link updated 4/9/12.]
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Yourself, Celebrating
Librarians should celebrate National Library Week with desperate, self-congratulatory behavior, like begging patrons for written compliments about the library and ghost-writing pro-library letters to the editor. If you think you have done an especially good job of patting yourself on the back, consider nominating yourself as a "National Library Week Star."
Monday, April 12, 2010
Without, Doing
Librarians should celebrate National Library Week by temporarily closing their libraries. Nothing will make your patrons appreciate their libraries and librarians like going for a whole week without free books and movie rentals, free wireless Internet, and online pornography.
Friday, April 09, 2010
Management, Classroom
A librarian should begin each library instruction class by plucking headphones from students' ears, confiscating cell phones, and searching all bookbags for contraband food. If there is any time remaining, show them all how to become fans of the library's new Facebook page.
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