The Clerk Manifesto

It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. 'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp...

While shelving some JoJo Moyes books I came across a long, local realtor sponsored piece of note paper tucked inside, on which someon...

Yesterday a reader's fantasy came upon me: What if every book I encountered was exactly the length of my interest in it? That cou...

There sure are a lot of books. Especially when one works at a library. I work at a library and I am fascinated . Seriously, I am wild...

A co-worker I was at the front desk with misinterpreted some small event and wanted to know if library cards can be restricted from c...

I had a five day vacation with my wife. It was lovely, perfect really. And at the time it seemed like a long break. But now I am ba...

In my first piece about three we discussed how things come in threes. In my second piece about three we discussed how things come in...

Yesterday we learned that everything comes in threes. It's amazing. Everything does indeed come in threes, because, you know, as...

I have to interrupt a series I was in the middle of on this blog to say something, particularly, this day. Not that the series wasn...

Some lady at the bar I work at was complaining about the bad things that had happened to her that day and how the third one was surely...

Yesterday I told you about how the requested books I go pull off the shelves for people, from our holds list, are particularly appeal...

For years at my library I have shelved books as a part of my duties, but only recently have I begun pulling requested books. So I go up...

The other day I looked out at the golf course and saw a young man caddying for another young man of the same general age. I suppo...

Oh man, work is strange. But what isn't. Life is strange. It is possible that "strange" is a meaningless, or redundant ...

Driving to work is rarely the brightest part of my day. It might even never be the brightest part of my day. Going to work is like j...

I need a volunteer. Excellent. My favorite magicians are Penn and Teller. I've read their books, seen a great cross secti...

One of my co-workers here at the library is a real mensch. He is really the only person that I ever follow on the big check in machine ...

Dear Library Journal: You suck. I say this as a friend though.  I mean no enmity. I don't want you to feel bad even if you ...

Every day I notice something new about the library I work at. So many new things happen all the time! It's exciting, isn't it?...

  In my magnum opus, or rather in one of the legendary 18 magnum opera contained in this sprawling blog, I have been building a...