The Clerk Manifesto

So there I was with an idle half hour on a computer and I turned to YouTube: "Florence, Italy in 4K Ultra HD". Oooooooooohhh,...

At the library I work at we get a lot of book donations. They are piled up in something awfully close to a heap, near a dark, windowle...

A few days ago in this space I'm afraid I got a little over-excited about our Diverse Books Showcase. In my enthusiasm for it I ...

For the first two-thirds of my career in library work the librarians' job was way better than mine. And like all people in a hierar...

A few of my recent posts have suggested I'm quite helpful in my job at the library. And maybe I am. I mean, it's now all writt...

I am super excited about my librar y's diverse books showcase. I think diversity is so important and I'm so pleased that the ...

The manager I go to at my library for issues of time off, whether for sickness, vacation, or hour adjusting complications that are far...

One of our more complicated library patrons was in yesterday. I like him in the way one might like a dangerous, but not necessarily e...

Today is both the sweetest and saddest day of the year. It is 84 degrees out, but an uneasy 84 degrees, like it knows it's all c...

I recently commented on the retirement of one of my more challenging librarian colleagues. But one thing I neglected to mention was.....

Well, my far left, radical socialist library is at it again. Surely you know that they use the garnished money of hard working American...

Lately, more and more often, when I am on the automated check in machine in the early evening I empty all the bins that go to other br...

I have seen my share of thorn-in-the-side co-workers retired off. The one who is riding into the sunset this week has been a colleag...

I was helping a very frequent patron at the front desk of the library. She comes by roughly three times a week, and has done so for abo...

I was puttering about on the Internet and I saw an article about how the desire to be popular on the Internet is killing people's ...

I have had people bring me items at the front desk to check out for them under the guise of protecting my job. "I know I can us...

Half an hour ago an eight year old boy walked into my library and loudly proclaimed "This is a library? It looks more like a man...

Out at the front desk of the library, at a slack moment, my group of tired library circulation workers hears a burst of laughter spill...

I may have touched on this a few times before, but that makes sense since I shelve books at least a few times a week. It is: If y...

Dear A. Large corporation B. Government entity C. Institution of note Thank you for your A. Form letter response to my letter ...