I've Seen It All at the Library: The View from Behind the Desk

Most people think of libraries as solemn places filled with dusty books and dustier people. This "memoir and more" of a career librarian explodes that misconception. Recounting his years behind the reference desk with an emphasis on the strange behavior of patrons, the author shows that public libraries are anything but staid and quiet. The history of libraries--as long as the history of the written word itself--is also discussed. That libraries have grown as colorful as the society they serve is proof that these essential institutions are as vital as ever.

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I've Seen It All at the Library: The View from Behind the Desk

Most people think of libraries as solemn places filled with dusty books and dustier people. This "memoir and more" of a career librarian explodes that misconception. Recounting his years behind the reference desk with an emphasis on the strange behavior of patrons, the author shows that public libraries are anything but staid and quiet. The history of libraries--as long as the history of the written word itself--is also discussed. That libraries have grown as colorful as the society they serve is proof that these essential institutions are as vital as ever.

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I've Seen It All at the Library: The View from Behind the Desk

I've Seen It All at the Library: The View from Behind the Desk

by Jonathan M. Farlow
I've Seen It All at the Library: The View from Behind the Desk

I've Seen It All at the Library: The View from Behind the Desk

by Jonathan M. Farlow

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Overview

Most people think of libraries as solemn places filled with dusty books and dustier people. This "memoir and more" of a career librarian explodes that misconception. Recounting his years behind the reference desk with an emphasis on the strange behavior of patrons, the author shows that public libraries are anything but staid and quiet. The history of libraries--as long as the history of the written word itself--is also discussed. That libraries have grown as colorful as the society they serve is proof that these essential institutions are as vital as ever.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476618746
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 04/02/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 188
File size: 5 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Jonathan M. Farlow has been a public librarian for twenty years. He lives in Archdale, North Carolina.
Jonathan M. Farlow has been a public librarian for twenty years. He lives in Archdale, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Laser Tag in the Library
2. Library 101
Unknown Library Firsts
3. Let’s Move the Library
Things to Remember When Moving Your Library
4. Library School, Finally!
Classes They Should Teach in Library School
Jon’s Nine Circles of Library Hell
5. I Am the Law!
6. The Future Is Now
How to Tell If a Patron Is Viewing Porn as Opposed to a Nude
7. Does Your Family Tree Fork?
Things Never to Say to a Librarian
8. The Brotherhood/Sisterhood of the Book
9. Oh, Christmas Tree
10. Rats
11. The Brief Reign of Pharaoh ­Ho-Ho and the Queen of Denial
12. Working at the Mayberry Library
13. Potty Humor in the Library
Things Librarians Would Love to Say to Their Patrons
14. Goodbye
Appendix A: Library Stories
Appendix B: A Letter to Library Patrons or Prospective Patrons
Appendix C: A Letter to My Fellow Librarians
Bibliography
Index
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