Votes: 2, You don't have to become an investment banker as a way of demonstrating that education has worked for you. It is to be a radical positive change agent within your community. Want to see more stories like this? Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians". Votes: 1, Then too there was the irrepressible librarian in her who could not stand by and watch a human being in distress without leaping to her aid, whether that person could not find the coin slot on the copier or was on the brink of domestic destruction. Librarians are your friends. 1. 21 thoughts on “ What librarians do ” Brian Else B.A. I consider them literary heroes. Hopefully you can help them out. All Librarians are Secret Masters of Severe Magic. You're the queen a librarian dreams of. The best librarians are children's book librarians. One of my favorite answers was from a librarian who would guide Trump to writings about himself. Ray Bradbury. “Jace's eyes sparkled, but he said calmly, "Not at all. No summoning of imps or other manifestations of elements potentially damaging to the records, including but not limited to: elementals, imps, sprites, ifrits, goblins, vile maidens, elohim, and major, minor and inferior spawn. "Well, I supposed there is an image, isn't there? A book has been taken. So right now I am working with some members of the community to design a custom doll and write a story for her to that will reflect the lives of our young Indian American patrons.” —Emily B. They welcome to the kingdom the young and old of reapers and reign among the riches as the wondrous fortune keepers. Even their small sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book. I come in with an idea and the librarians help me make it happen. Tara and Lainie do a little bit of everything. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell. “She’s so nasty about it. Votes: 1, Creating a world within the imagination one day at a time through words and colors. Votes: 2, With 'A Northern Light,' I've already heard from teenage readers, teachers, librarians - it's been so gratifying. Librarians are key, I think. Once they were librarians, but that is a subject they will only discuss if heavily intoxicated. “No one told me how much poop this job would involve.”, Posted on November 17, 2018, at 12:54 p.m. It was hard. We have the librarians on our side. Yes, librarians use punctuation marks to make little emoticons, smiley and frowny faces in their correspondence, but if there were one for an ironic wink, or a sarcastic lip curl, they'd wear it out. there are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical. And every time I get to encounter or work with librarians, I'm always impressed by their sheer awesomeness. You should be especially nice to a librarian today, or tomorrow. It was so rewarding to be a part of that! Votes: 1, Why was it librarians had such a prim image? Votes: 0, Once they were librarians, but that is a subject they will only discuss if heavily intoxicated. Librarians are not just gatekeepers to knowledge, they are what the American Indians used to call their special sages who preserved the oral legends of a tribe: dream keepers. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. I know of one semibarbarous zone whose librarians repudiate the "vain and superstitious habit" of trying to find sense in books, equating such a quest with attempting to find meaning in dreams or in the chaotic lines on the palms of one's hand. Votes: 1, Not me, of course, as I am now officially a spinster librarian and must stay home with my cat and drink tea. They also say, if you are stuck behind one on a golf course, that a tree is 90 per cent air. “We do something called the ‘See Hear Film Festival’ where we bring third-grade students from our city to an independent cinema in a college town 45 minutes away a few times a year, so they can learn about filmmaking and how films/cinema can affect all the senses! Below is a sample of what is often required for librarian job positions. Votes: 2, Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest questions on God's green earth. When they ask for them, I say the book fairy came to get it. Some in the crowd tossed copies of Ladybird's book into the fire while a librarian pleaded with them not to do that and grabbed a fire extinguisher. "I prefer loremaster. Education. Votes: 3, Librarians are like crack dealers when it comes to hooking small children. Hearing giggles when I’m the only one there. It pays the rent IT WAS AWESOME.” —Sara, “I was working as a secretary for a terrible boss who often yelled at me. A book has been taken? Votes: 1, Members of the Order take vows of literacy, obstinancy and bibliomancy. Lynne had teased. Librarians always know how to find out things. the Silent Brothers can help her retrieve her … Votes: 0, I love librarians. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, and a host of others who eventually deliver literature to the world. The Internet is full of 'stuff' but its value and readability is often questionable. Votes: 1, Rule number one: Don't fuck with librarians. 7. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the PhD. "I prefer loremaster. Pulverized by literature,' thought Miss Laburnum. I only regret not following it sooner.” —Victoria M. “If you want to support your local library, VOTE! Don't worry if some of the requirements sound confusing! These people tolerate every kind of crank and eccentric and mouth breather there is. And Sarah still looked like the sexiest librarian on earth, which is as those of you who frequent libraries know means very sexy indeed, but with that added owlish touch that drives you wild. Gives them ideas. Please teach her about everything, I'd say. The library is closed on public holidays. Votes: 1, A book has been taken. Votes: 1, But you want murderous feelings? We listen. It's defined for us a little further down: "Divination by jolly well Looking It Up. Votes: 1 ''Oh, definitely. or a wine. They are very captivating and have lessons to be learnt from them.
Mack Anonymous noreply@blogger.com tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705698189320385823.post-7048728708983271007 2011-05-05T02:07:24.938-04:00 2011-05-05T02:07:24.938-04:00 The library is closed on public holidays. Once you can read, you can teach yourself anything. ""You're a librarian now. -- Linton Weeks, Washington Post, Jan.13, 2001. They're like plotting the revolution, man. But if you really want to make bank in the library game, you … Votes: 0, The sisterhood of librarians is a non-profit organisation and our goal is to keep imagination alive, not make money. Votes: 2, All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers. Still, modern librarians are more afraid of ingnorance than they are of the potential devastation that knowledge can bring. You think that's worse than murder? Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. Votes: 3, Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness. I really hope that all librarians aren't like Gladys Morgan. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. Votes: 1, Having read literally thousands of them, I was sure I knew every which way of killing someone. Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. One can never have too many librarian friends. Then we played flashlight games. Votes: 1, The Burgess sisters arrived together. Tłumaczenia w kontekście hasła "you know what they say about" z angielskiego na polski od Reverso Context: And you know what they say about dark Italians. Votes: 3, I take every opportunity I can to speak to librarians. I was doing a collections project alone in the basement stacks, and the elevator, which was notorious for closing its doors on you, came down to my floor suddenly. The loudest elderly women always had the quietest elderly husbands. They librarians aren’t just teaching the lessons, all too often they are the visionaries behind the creation of the lesson. Votes: 2, Pimps make the best librarians. As I became older and needed to pick a career, I couldn’t see myself in another post.” —Monica B. Not just high culture but middle culture, low culture, kinds of exciting eye-catching crap of all kinds. Do you ever hide books you've read over and over again because you're so sick of them? The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title and the table of contents. After looking up a few resources for him, he started to tell me more about the book and how he had gotten the idea for it from a ‘little friend’ who told him stories. Votes: 3, The trick is to get people to read anything, to engender the love of reading. Votes: 1, A good deal of time spent researching this book might well have been wasted and valuable opportunities missed if it had not been for the help and suggestions of archivists and librarians. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. It’s … Votes: 3, [Librarians] are subversive. Everyone needs that. Add to library Discussion 2. Who are you most like in the Librarians? There is a somewhat time-worn joke about people taking up library work because they like to read : the joke consisting of the fact that librarians have so little time to read. "I'm on vacation," Jacqueline laughed. Always the right answer. The Burgess sisters arrived together. Votes: 0, Libraries promote the sharing of knowledge, connecting people of all ages with valuable information resources. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited. Rare-book people have this in common with poets: they too are born, not made. Votes: 1, When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. This job is the antithesis of peace.” —Jannah, “I have never said ‘shhh’ at work. Votes: 1, You cannot have a really terrific library without at least one terrific librarian, the way you cannot have a really terrific bedroom unless you can lock the door. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word. Books are only half our job ; the other half is human nature. Finding money left on the shelf when it wasn’t there a second ago.” —Bethany, “I’ve encountered a haunted elevator! "His eyes shifted back and forth. Boys Only. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited. “It’s not special. Votes: 1, I also work here because I love books, because I'm inveterately curious, and because, like most librarians, I'm not well suited to anything else. Age, they say, is only important if you're cheese. Probably the librarians would like tea. It’s the Friday before Spring Break (but we all know that most librarians don’t get a Spring Break) and I needed a little fun! Librarians' values are as sound as Girl Scouts': truth, free speech, and universal literacy. How come, then, that you invariably send your ball crashing into the remaining 10 per cent? He proceeded to ask me if I thought it was a human bone or not. A lot of it, all the time. “For a while, we had a peacock who regularly visited the library and wandered around the park next door. Votes: 1, I was under the librarians' protection. They are the keepers of all knowledge, the guardians at the temples of understanding and devoted protectors of the sanctuary in the midst of uneducated anarchy. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way. It’s about helping people find what they’re looking for, no matter the shape it takes. You can send an email to the library. They're paid nothing. Books are important. One time they saw one of the books at the library, so now they think the librarians are book fairies. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul. I don’t buy books, I don’t classify them, I don’t even think about them. I wouldn't mess with them. Sometime this week, anyway. ""You're a librarian now. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. Votes: 1, It's still National Library Week. Votes: 0, It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians. You know that you are there to help people, to allow others to succeed and to grow. Present company excluded, this looked to be the most pleasant detention ever experienced by mankind. Votes: 1, Librarians are wonderful people, partly because they are, on the whole, unaware of how dangerous knowledge is. You can search the Internet for the name of the book you think you remember — The Seduction of Hollywood, but you won’t find the biography of Warren Beatty that you want. She knew what I didn’t — the library was my path. Dedication: For librarians and booksellers everywhere, who gather books and build shelters for tender souls. Librarians are notorious snitchesdon't let anybody convince you otherwise. “I was approached by a gentleman with a bone. Too many people wonder why anyone would be a librarian. Well, don’t judge a librarian by her job. They have skills! Here are five things you didn’t know (but should) about librarians. Bibliomancy? Back in September, BuzzFeed Books sent out an unscientific survey to librarians, asking them about their jobs, projects, pet peeves — and recent books they've loved. Votes: 3, Librarians...possess a vast stone of politeness. Do I have to talk to insane people? I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books. "The ultimate dilettante!" Going to library school was a natural progression.” —Jason S. “I got a job at my university’s library during college because I heard it had hours between 8-5 and no shifts on weekends, and it wouldn’t interfere with my partying. Votes: 1, Ravna became a librarian. Votes: 0, There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed librarians. Whether you’re in a virtual library situation or in person, consider picking a different topic every month (January: American History of Racism, February: Indigenous Rights, March: Consent, etc.). Its your first day on the job as librarian in the small town of Forgetfullville. August 3, … Votes: 1 “On top of simply being busy finding books and helping with computers all day, we have noisy kids, people in mental health crises, angry patrons, homeless families, and on and on. Votes: 0, My family has schoolteachers and librarians, and I think people who teach are probably some of our greatest American heroes. I have honorary degrees at universities on four different continents! Gas station attendant of the mind. Votes: 3, Librarians! Librarians are like crack dealers when it comes to hooking small children. No, it was a library activity. Karl Marx upended the political landscape of the twentieth century sitting at a library table. Votes: 3, If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Votes: 1, Everybody should have a librarian. (Also, libraries are not child-care facilities, but sometimes feral children raise themselves among the stacks.) Libraries And Librarians (61 quotes). Books are important. It was so much fun!” —Ann. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, and a host of others who eventually deliver literature to the world. Votes: 0, Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill. Votes: 1, Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. Votes: 1, On a good day, my style is librarian chic. “We take the students into a small cemetery and ask them to pick out a headstone of someone that lived during the time. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the PhD. Librarians are passionate about service. Votes: 0, Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians". There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical. Votes: 1, That night, Hallie was relieved when Linda Soares, the town librarian who'd spent years trying to impress Nick with her low-cut shirts and book recommendations, joined them for dinner. Quality that I think makes librarians invaluable and indispensable: they want to support your local librarian awfully misconception... 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Mack Anonymous noreply@blogger.com tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705698189320385823.post-7048728708983271007 2011-05-05T02:07:24.938-04:00 2011-05-05T02:07:24.938-04:00 The library is closed on public holidays. Once you can read, you can teach yourself anything. ""You're a librarian now. -- Linton Weeks, Washington Post, Jan.13, 2001. They're like plotting the revolution, man. But if you really want to make bank in the library game, you … Votes: 0, The sisterhood of librarians is a non-profit organisation and our goal is to keep imagination alive, not make money. Votes: 2, All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers. Still, modern librarians are more afraid of ingnorance than they are of the potential devastation that knowledge can bring. You think that's worse than murder? Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. Votes: 3, Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness. I really hope that all librarians aren't like Gladys Morgan. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. Votes: 1, Having read literally thousands of them, I was sure I knew every which way of killing someone. Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. One can never have too many librarian friends. Then we played flashlight games. Votes: 1, The Burgess sisters arrived together. Tłumaczenia w kontekście hasła "you know what they say about" z angielskiego na polski od Reverso Context: And you know what they say about dark Italians. Votes: 3, I take every opportunity I can to speak to librarians. I was doing a collections project alone in the basement stacks, and the elevator, which was notorious for closing its doors on you, came down to my floor suddenly. The loudest elderly women always had the quietest elderly husbands. They librarians aren’t just teaching the lessons, all too often they are the visionaries behind the creation of the lesson. Votes: 2, Pimps make the best librarians. As I became older and needed to pick a career, I couldn’t see myself in another post.” —Monica B. Not just high culture but middle culture, low culture, kinds of exciting eye-catching crap of all kinds. Do you ever hide books you've read over and over again because you're so sick of them? The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title and the table of contents. After looking up a few resources for him, he started to tell me more about the book and how he had gotten the idea for it from a ‘little friend’ who told him stories. Votes: 3, The trick is to get people to read anything, to engender the love of reading. Votes: 1, A good deal of time spent researching this book might well have been wasted and valuable opportunities missed if it had not been for the help and suggestions of archivists and librarians. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. It’s … Votes: 3, [Librarians] are subversive. Everyone needs that. Add to library Discussion 2. Who are you most like in the Librarians? There is a somewhat time-worn joke about people taking up library work because they like to read : the joke consisting of the fact that librarians have so little time to read. "I'm on vacation," Jacqueline laughed. Always the right answer. The Burgess sisters arrived together. Votes: 0, Libraries promote the sharing of knowledge, connecting people of all ages with valuable information resources. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited. Rare-book people have this in common with poets: they too are born, not made. Votes: 1, When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. This job is the antithesis of peace.” —Jannah, “I have never said ‘shhh’ at work. Votes: 1, You cannot have a really terrific library without at least one terrific librarian, the way you cannot have a really terrific bedroom unless you can lock the door. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word. Books are only half our job ; the other half is human nature. Finding money left on the shelf when it wasn’t there a second ago.” —Bethany, “I’ve encountered a haunted elevator! "His eyes shifted back and forth. Boys Only. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited. “It’s not special. Votes: 1, I also work here because I love books, because I'm inveterately curious, and because, like most librarians, I'm not well suited to anything else. Age, they say, is only important if you're cheese. Probably the librarians would like tea. It’s the Friday before Spring Break (but we all know that most librarians don’t get a Spring Break) and I needed a little fun! Librarians' values are as sound as Girl Scouts': truth, free speech, and universal literacy. How come, then, that you invariably send your ball crashing into the remaining 10 per cent? He proceeded to ask me if I thought it was a human bone or not. A lot of it, all the time. “For a while, we had a peacock who regularly visited the library and wandered around the park next door. Votes: 1, I was under the librarians' protection. They are the keepers of all knowledge, the guardians at the temples of understanding and devoted protectors of the sanctuary in the midst of uneducated anarchy. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way. It’s about helping people find what they’re looking for, no matter the shape it takes. You can send an email to the library. They're paid nothing. Books are important. One time they saw one of the books at the library, so now they think the librarians are book fairies. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul. I don’t buy books, I don’t classify them, I don’t even think about them. I wouldn't mess with them. Sometime this week, anyway. ""You're a librarian now. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. Votes: 1, It's still National Library Week. Votes: 0, It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians. You know that you are there to help people, to allow others to succeed and to grow. Present company excluded, this looked to be the most pleasant detention ever experienced by mankind. Votes: 1, Librarians are wonderful people, partly because they are, on the whole, unaware of how dangerous knowledge is. You can search the Internet for the name of the book you think you remember — The Seduction of Hollywood, but you won’t find the biography of Warren Beatty that you want. She knew what I didn’t — the library was my path. Dedication: For librarians and booksellers everywhere, who gather books and build shelters for tender souls. Librarians are notorious snitchesdon't let anybody convince you otherwise. “I was approached by a gentleman with a bone. Too many people wonder why anyone would be a librarian. Well, don’t judge a librarian by her job. They have skills! Here are five things you didn’t know (but should) about librarians. Bibliomancy? Back in September, BuzzFeed Books sent out an unscientific survey to librarians, asking them about their jobs, projects, pet peeves — and recent books they've loved. Votes: 3, Librarians...possess a vast stone of politeness. Do I have to talk to insane people? I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books. "The ultimate dilettante!" Going to library school was a natural progression.” —Jason S. “I got a job at my university’s library during college because I heard it had hours between 8-5 and no shifts on weekends, and it wouldn’t interfere with my partying. Votes: 1, Ravna became a librarian. Votes: 0, There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed librarians. Whether you’re in a virtual library situation or in person, consider picking a different topic every month (January: American History of Racism, February: Indigenous Rights, March: Consent, etc.). Its your first day on the job as librarian in the small town of Forgetfullville. August 3, … Votes: 1 “On top of simply being busy finding books and helping with computers all day, we have noisy kids, people in mental health crises, angry patrons, homeless families, and on and on. Votes: 0, My family has schoolteachers and librarians, and I think people who teach are probably some of our greatest American heroes. I have honorary degrees at universities on four different continents! Gas station attendant of the mind. Votes: 3, Librarians! Librarians are like crack dealers when it comes to hooking small children. No, it was a library activity. Karl Marx upended the political landscape of the twentieth century sitting at a library table. Votes: 3, If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Votes: 1, Everybody should have a librarian. (Also, libraries are not child-care facilities, but sometimes feral children raise themselves among the stacks.) Libraries And Librarians (61 quotes). Books are important. It was so much fun!” —Ann. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, and a host of others who eventually deliver literature to the world. Votes: 0, Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill. Votes: 1, Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. Votes: 1, On a good day, my style is librarian chic. “We take the students into a small cemetery and ask them to pick out a headstone of someone that lived during the time. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the PhD. Librarians are passionate about service. Votes: 0, Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians". There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical. Votes: 1, That night, Hallie was relieved when Linda Soares, the town librarian who'd spent years trying to impress Nick with her low-cut shirts and book recommendations, joined them for dinner. Quality that I think makes librarians invaluable and indispensable: they want to support your local librarian awfully misconception... 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