. . . have a YA Scavenger Hunt! Whee! Ok, so maybe not all of my fellow librarians were annoyed but I think a few of them were. For my summer reading kickoff party this year, I created a scavenger hunt throughout the library and had the teens solve the clues. It took them all … Continue reading How to annoy all of your library departments
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lcarslibrarian: It’s Dot Com!
Bienvenidos a lcarslibrarian.com! Yes, that's right, I've changed my website-address-URL-thingy! Look at me go! Dazzle at my use of interwebs language! But seriously, I've been meaning to do this for a while. The ".wordpress." bit of the address was starting to harsh my mellow, as the cool kids say. So, it's official. If you need … Continue reading lcarslibrarian: It’s Dot Com!
Stressed librarians
I was going through my Google Reader (yes, I still use Google reader, whatever) and getting rid of old blogs and finding new ones when I stumbled upon Screwy Decimal. This is a great blog with lots of insight, funny/frustrating interactions with patrons, and responses to library issues in general. As I was reading back … Continue reading Stressed librarians
Three adult books at once and other updates
Yup, I'm reading THREE grownup books at the same time and coincidentally, two of the three authors are married to each other! I'm in the middle of listening to A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz (author of the excellent Confederates in the Attic, which I read last year) which is about the early history … Continue reading Three adult books at once and other updates
My first time at a library conference
(I just read the the title of this post and realized it could be misinterpreted in a mildly humorous manner. For the record, I meant that it was my first time attending a library conference not my first time doing x at a library conference. Moving on.) Wednesday was my very first time going to … Continue reading My first time at a library conference
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