Showing posts with label Boston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boston. Show all posts

Thursday, January 24, 2013

News! We're Gonna Live Forever! We're Gonna Learn How to Fly!

San Francisco Library might extend their hours.  When asked, library directors said "To hell with 60 minutes, we can do the same level of service with 75 minute hours."  The board of directors dodged questions pertaining to salary increases to hourly workers.

UW libraries say the bedbugs have flea-ed.  Get it?  Fleas?  It's a Chili Peppers reference!  Whatever, you people aren't cool.  Goddamn bedbugs.

In a staggering feat of reporting, the Chicago Tribune says the Niles Public Library is getting a $5.5 million dollar renovation for "study and meeting space, use technology to check in and keep track of books and improve energy efficiency."  Fucking technology.  What will they think of next?

Arlington librarian will dress as dog if people do not sign up for library cards.  City residents said, "we can make that happen."

Guys, the Emmet O'Neal Library book sale dates have been released!  Wine and cheese will be served and the shit is gonna be tight.  Pack a bag, motherfuckers!

Controversial drawing in Newark Library uncovered from the zebra print cloth that had been draping it.  The drawing, depicting controversial racial and sexual tones was found to be better than a giant zebra print cloth.

COLUMBUS LIBRARY TO PURCHASE DEAF SCHOOL.

Huntington Beach homeless organization has 60 days to leave library.  The organization thinks it has a brother with a couch he can sleep on.

Two books banned from Denver middle school after student gets hold of them.  Cause, yeah, shit, we can not have the kids reading books that would challenge and broaden their minds.  Let's just pretend bad things do not happen and everything is supposed to be okay and nobody will freak out when they realize the world is a scary and frighting place rather than the candy coated dreamland you want them to think it is.

Buy some Kellog's and Scholastic will give you cheap ass books. Here's how you do it:

  1. Go to the grocery store
  2. Get any two Kellog's products
  3. Tear off the proof of purchase right there in the aisle.
  4. Put them in your pocket and attempt to hide the items on the shelf.  Make sure Dave does not see you.
  5. Buy some grapes and a hot pocket, the food of the innocent.
  6. On your way out, wave the proofs of purchase in the air and yell, "I'm gonna be rich"
  7. Run from security.
  8. Go to the library to throw off the cops trail.
  9. Access the public access computers.
  10. Yell at the librarian when he/she can not remember your password.
  11. Show the librarian your proof of purchases and your grapes.
  12. Eat grapes in computer lab.  Spit seeds behind computer for the computers nutrition.
  13. Tape the proofs of purchase to the computer screen.
  14. Eat the hot pocket cold.  Leave wrapper and heat sleeve under computer table as compost.
  15. Take the "spacebar" key off the keyboard and tape it to the monitor.
  16. Proclaim "fuck this," make a lewd comment to the librarian (male or female) and go home.
  17. Watch something about housewives and sleep fat dumb sleep.

(The Banned Library does not recommend you do any of the above.)

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Library News: Here's A Bunch of Links

If you thought I was lazy about posting before... whoo, buddy hold on.  Here's a list of stuff that I could not think of anything funny to say about for more than a sentence.  Most less than that.

Boston Public Library has job fair kinda thing.

Carnegie-Stout Public Library limiting access to patron purchasing power.  When "suggestions" become demands it is time to cut the cord.

Manchester County opposes library addition.  Well, times are tough.

Allen County librarians get a raise!  Finally, a good story!  Yay!

The Linebaugh Library System gets $10K for youth tech grant.  More good news.  Hope this all does not end in heartbreak.

Alachua County unveils remodeled library with quiet room.  This is like Christmas!

WorldCat adds Italian public library records.  International Christmas!

Spokane Public Library hosts Technology exhibit.  Online Christmas!

Yakima Valley Regional Library blocks porn.  Well, at least it is a little understandable.

Washington County Library branches might reopen on Mondays!  Good!  We are back!

Stanford Libraries have Medieval Exhibit!  I am ambivalent, but go history!

Hinsdale Library adds artwork, because ART!

Birmingham Library Friends preserves Jim Crow map.  Well, if you can't look back, you can't move forward.

Argentine Library in Kansas City get a new library.  This is the best best news day ever!  But why does Argentina keep their library in Kansas City?  Hell of a commute.

Manchester Library gets a bucket of money to make archives a transformer.  Or transform archives.  Whatever.

Alamogordo Public Library Story Book Wall turns 50.  Heh, "Alamogordo."  Heh, heh.

Frankfort Public Library building permit fees will not be waved.  Take that one, new stuff for the public!

University of South Carolina get rare Hemingway materials.  Rare, indeed.

This library guard is a wrestler.  I just liked this one.

Museum of the Cats does not want to share space with Friends bookstore.  Spoiler Alert: They made up.  Still going.

Clifford turned 50.  This should have been in book news.

Here are the mystery news links of the week.  Will they be interesting?  Will they be boring?  Am I just doing this because I have somewhere to be and need to finish this post in the next five minutes?  Find out by clicking the links:

Mystery Link 1
Mystery Link 2
Mystery Link 3
Mystery Link 4
Mystery Link 5

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Not So Sexy Library Peoples

Okay, let's point out how fun it can be to work in a library by turning a flashlight on two wonderful patrons:

An on-duty firefighter caught a Cambridge, Mass man looking at porn and masturbating in the Waterton Public Library.  The firefighter was in the fire station and just happened to look through his window and noticed the man in the library that is adjacent to the library.  He called the police and the man was charaged with open and gross lewdness.  bostonchannel.com

In Chicago's Northside library, a man was reported with looking at child pornography within the library.  Now, mostly he was looking at pornographic video games and cartoons, so maybe the pornography was meant to be for children instead of of children...  I dunno and do not want to speculate.  chicagotribune.com

So, forward that to your friends that think working at a library would be a cushy job.  Welcome to public service.