maryte wrote: 
That´s right and it´s always a good to point to remember how libraries get packed with international students during those last days of tax filing. I did it once and they (the librarians) had several sessions on a day. Rooms were always crowded. But then I started using taxslayer and avoided the crowd.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
And your point is....

 RichardPrins wrote: 
Fabulous article.  My favourite passage (although this is more about public librarians, which is not the only flavour of Information God/dess):

As for librarians, they're civil servants. They deal with all kinds of social welfare problems, from childcare to homelessness to people who can't navigate the bureaucracy to get benefits or help finding a job. The buck stops at the library. If we keep cutting library aid, people who can't figure out how to file for taxes, or how to use e-mail, are going to be out of luck. About 20 percent of the population is not wired; they don't have Internet access or a smart phone. They can't go to Starbucks and get Wi-Fi with their $4 latte.

"This Book Is Overdue!": Hot for librarian (Salon)
Behold the stereotypical librarian, with her cat’s-eye glasses, bun and pantyhose — a creature whose desexualized persona and desire for us to be quiet has fueled generations of wild sexual fantasies. But there's bad news for those of you with a shushing fetish; as Marilyn Johnson explains in "This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All," the uptight librarian is a species that's rapidly approaching extinction.

 maryte wrote: 
Congrats, that's awesome.

I'm tanned with envy.

I've got a massive library in a three to four minute walk from my house.

I love it.

The volume of material (books, movies and music) is mind blowing.

Enjoy.

 miamizsun wrote: 

Almost - I've got five more classes to finish before I have my degree and *then* I'll be an official liberryan!

 dionysius wrote: 
Librarian? What a great gig. (I'm sure having you for a sidekick doesn't suck either )

 Welly wrote: 

 jagdriver wrote: 

And mine.  

 Welly wrote: 

Yup! This is my wife!

 samiyam wrote: 

Thanks, S!

 maryte wrote: 
I thought that would get a rise outta you! 

(Happy B-Day, Madame Librarian  )

 samiyam wrote: 

Not on my watch.

 maryte wrote: 
I suggest we start with the Guttenberg Bible.

 Welly wrote: 
1) The section the "Twilight" books are kept in.

2) The Shite Section.

 Welly wrote: 
:thumbsup: