The Clerk Manifesto

I know what you're thinking, you're thinking "Oh my god, this blog is so awesome!"  And you're also thinking ...

In yesterday's simple guide to staple repair I made a minor error that requires a small but important correction. The following ...

I have worked at a library for a quarter of a century. And for the whole of that time I have been the supplies person. So I have order...

There are certain books, when they come through the donations, appear in the Friends Bookstore, or show up on a "weeded" ca...

I would perhaps not write this particular brief, p ointed account if all my co-workers read this blog. I am sensitive to the feelings...

Look, I don't mean to keep writing about Groundhog Day over and over again. It is the most insignificant of holidays. But somehow e...

To present clerkmanifesto in a clocklike fashion, with a new essay bursting onto the internet like an orange hit with a baseball bat e...

I haven't been at my most cheerful. And while we could accurately ascribe this to a wide range of influences, simple and complex, ...

I don't usually watch TV shows, but a few things drew my attention strongly to Season One of "Senate Impeachment Trial". ...

My deep affection for my library's big, million dollar automated check in machine has been well established here. More than any hu...

It was a cold morning on the river, but over the weekend more moderate, for January, temperatures had melted some of the river ice. The...

Thank you for coming here to get answers to all your many important questions about the Coronavirus. We are monitoring the situation c...

After the initial enthusiasm of starting my series of The Hundred Greatest Albums, with each album individually being the single gre...

Yesterday we established that what with all the time you spend on the Internet poking about and shopping and doing your job and stuff...

So you were thinking "Hey, I'm on the Internet all the time looking for socks and doing my job and stuff, maybe I should have...

One of the library patrons came up to me at the front desk of the library. "Can I pay for my fines with cash?" they inquired...

As you know, I write here on clerkmanifesto every day. This doesn't mean I write one post during every calendar day, precisely bet...

Many people want to know: What am I reading? Well, sometimes Marcus the former teen librarian asks me, on the somewhat rare occasion...

It was maybe eleven degrees out, which, by the time it hits mid January around here, isn't too bad, once one accounts for being ...

I love getting all objective about art as much as the next person. Actually I love it at least twice as much as the next person, and m...