Left the automatic return unattended for ten minutes while pulling a few holds and came back to thirty-eight lost books that needed checked in manually. #SaturdayLibrarian #Skybrarians #LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
November 7, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Left the automatic return unattended for ten minutes while pulling a few holds and came back to thirty-eight lost books that needed checked in manually. #SaturdayLibrarian #Skybrarians #LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
I was helping a student find sources about Bob Fosse this afternoon and all I could think of the entire time was that bit in The Birdcage when Robin Williams rips through a series of choreographer impressions.
My brain is a strange place.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
My brain is a strange place.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
October 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I was helping a student find sources about Bob Fosse this afternoon and all I could think of the entire time was that bit in The Birdcage when Robin Williams rips through a series of choreographer impressions.
My brain is a strange place.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
My brain is a strange place.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Whew! It was busy at the research help desk. At one point, I was wrapping up an in-person question when chat dinged & the phone rang. Then I got another chat while I was still on the phone & answering the other chat. Had to rope in a colleague to help with the rush!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
October 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Whew! It was busy at the research help desk. At one point, I was wrapping up an in-person question when chat dinged & the phone rang. Then I got another chat while I was still on the phone & answering the other chat. Had to rope in a colleague to help with the rush!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Today at the research help desk: there is no ebook version, L. Ron Hubbard, tracking down full text, identifying a plant pathogen and a new vocab word for me (hemiparasitic), pencils, and printing.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
October 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Today at the research help desk: there is no ebook version, L. Ron Hubbard, tracking down full text, identifying a plant pathogen and a new vocab word for me (hemiparasitic), pencils, and printing.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
This week at the research help desk: Mesopotamian war chariots, whiteboard markers, ADHD and codependency, hours during the break, we're here weekends!, hanging indents, article searches, drag show bans, and we are not the post office (Google Business is wrong).
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
October 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
This week at the research help desk: Mesopotamian war chariots, whiteboard markers, ADHD and codependency, hours during the break, we're here weekends!, hanging indents, article searches, drag show bans, and we are not the post office (Google Business is wrong).
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
I've been telling folks in research consults and workshops that our library chat is always staffed by human librarians, with masters degrees in library science. By and large, people LOVE this.
And then, today...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
And then, today...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
October 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I've been telling folks in research consults and workshops that our library chat is always staffed by human librarians, with masters degrees in library science. By and large, people LOVE this.
And then, today...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
And then, today...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Today at the research help desk: Japanese work ethic, print shop, misspelled Welsh poetry, emailing articles to faculty, benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy, do I have enough research?, New World plants used as medicine in 1600s & 1800s.
It's been a fun shift.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
It's been a fun shift.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
October 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Today at the research help desk: Japanese work ethic, print shop, misspelled Welsh poetry, emailing articles to faculty, benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy, do I have enough research?, New World plants used as medicine in 1600s & 1800s.
It's been a fun shift.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
It's been a fun shift.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Today I was briefly irate at a book that had a colophon that didn't include cataloging info. Lazy publishers. How am I supposed to know what the book's primary genre is without having to read the whole thing? ( I *would* read the book, but the bosses won't let me.)
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
October 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Today I was briefly irate at a book that had a colophon that didn't include cataloging info. Lazy publishers. How am I supposed to know what the book's primary genre is without having to read the whole thing? ( I *would* read the book, but the bosses won't let me.)
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
QotD, Watchmen edition.
Me: Sometimes a blue peen is just a blue peen.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Me: Sometimes a blue peen is just a blue peen.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
September 30, 2026 at 8:27 PM
QotD, Watchmen edition.
Me: Sometimes a blue peen is just a blue peen.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Me: Sometimes a blue peen is just a blue peen.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
I just earned a bit of bro cred by talking about WWII-era bombers, tanks, and tactics during this morning's research workshop. Seriously, everything I learn is professional development because that knowledge keeps coming in useful with student topics.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
September 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I just earned a bit of bro cred by talking about WWII-era bombers, tanks, and tactics during this morning's research workshop. Seriously, everything I learn is professional development because that knowledge keeps coming in useful with student topics.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
I need [book] by Tertullian?
Me: He's been dead even longer. *shows student how to find books online*
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Me: He's been dead even longer. *shows student how to find books online*
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
September 25, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I need [book] by Tertullian?
Me: He's been dead even longer. *shows student how to find books online*
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Me: He's been dead even longer. *shows student how to find books online*
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
It's a quarter(ish) after 5:00 on a Friday and I just wrapped a long in-person research question at the reference desk, during which two students showed up with questions via chat.
Death of reference service, my (tired) ass!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Death of reference service, my (tired) ass!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
September 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
It's a quarter(ish) after 5:00 on a Friday and I just wrapped a long in-person research question at the reference desk, during which two students showed up with questions via chat.
Death of reference service, my (tired) ass!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Death of reference service, my (tired) ass!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Today's research help tangent led to the work of Louis Wain and his increasingly abstract (schizophrenic) cat drawings: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_W...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Louis Wain - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 24, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Today's research help tangent led to the work of Louis Wain and his increasingly abstract (schizophrenic) cat drawings: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_W...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Everything I learn about is professional development, #52349:
Not sure where I learned about this, but I just helped a student researching the CSI effect & misleading forensic evidence by telling them about the Phantom of Heilbronn. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Not sure where I learned about this, but I just helped a student researching the CSI effect & misleading forensic evidence by telling them about the Phantom of Heilbronn. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Phantom of Heilbronn - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 23, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Everything I learn about is professional development, #52349:
Not sure where I learned about this, but I just helped a student researching the CSI effect & misleading forensic evidence by telling them about the Phantom of Heilbronn. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Not sure where I learned about this, but I just helped a student researching the CSI effect & misleading forensic evidence by telling them about the Phantom of Heilbronn. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom...
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Today in the library:
* Very briefly explaining the differences between communism, socialism, and capitalism
* How to become a librarian (for English majors)
* We have books for that! (figure drawing)
* You can check out as many books as you can carry
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
* Very briefly explaining the differences between communism, socialism, and capitalism
* How to become a librarian (for English majors)
* We have books for that! (figure drawing)
* You can check out as many books as you can carry
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
September 22, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Today in the library:
* Very briefly explaining the differences between communism, socialism, and capitalism
* How to become a librarian (for English majors)
* We have books for that! (figure drawing)
* You can check out as many books as you can carry
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
* Very briefly explaining the differences between communism, socialism, and capitalism
* How to become a librarian (for English majors)
* We have books for that! (figure drawing)
* You can check out as many books as you can carry
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Evidence that everything I read/hear/see is professional development #6124: Just got to recommend a recent episode of one of my favorite podcasts, QAA www.qanonanonymous.com, to a student researching Christian nationalism.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
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September 18, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Evidence that everything I read/hear/see is professional development #6124: Just got to recommend a recent episode of one of my favorite podcasts, QAA www.qanonanonymous.com, to a student researching Christian nationalism.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
QotD, absurd edition. We were talking about my to-be-read heap.
Coworker, who is also a librarian and should know better: I just don't know how you find new books to read.
Me: SIR. Do you know what I do for a living!?!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Coworker, who is also a librarian and should know better: I just don't know how you find new books to read.
Me: SIR. Do you know what I do for a living!?!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
September 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
QotD, absurd edition. We were talking about my to-be-read heap.
Coworker, who is also a librarian and should know better: I just don't know how you find new books to read.
Me: SIR. Do you know what I do for a living!?!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Coworker, who is also a librarian and should know better: I just don't know how you find new books to read.
Me: SIR. Do you know what I do for a living!?!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
I have an exhibition to put together by 28 September, but now that the new LMS is on the horizon all I want to think about is cataloguing. #LibrarianProblems
September 17, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I have an exhibition to put together by 28 September, but now that the new LMS is on the horizon all I want to think about is cataloguing. #LibrarianProblems
Whenever I run my CKO numbers for the popular collection and see a great book I picked with no check outs, I really want to create a "Read This Book, You Cowards" shelf. Maybe daring our students will get these books to move.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
September 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Whenever I run my CKO numbers for the popular collection and see a great book I picked with no check outs, I really want to create a "Read This Book, You Cowards" shelf. Maybe daring our students will get these books to move.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
That is part of why I read some of the books we receive here and write a small #FromOurShelves review for our library blog.
But yea, I hear ya. I often ask "how come you guys are not reading such and such?"
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems #ItinerantLibrarian #books #reading
But yea, I hear ya. I often ask "how come you guys are not reading such and such?"
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems #ItinerantLibrarian #books #reading
September 15, 2026 at 9:59 PM
That is part of why I read some of the books we receive here and write a small #FromOurShelves review for our library blog.
But yea, I hear ya. I often ask "how come you guys are not reading such and such?"
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems #ItinerantLibrarian #books #reading
But yea, I hear ya. I often ask "how come you guys are not reading such and such?"
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems #ItinerantLibrarian #books #reading
Just confirmed for a coworker that a student who walked past us did, in fact, meow into their phone.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
September 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Just confirmed for a coworker that a student who walked past us did, in fact, meow into their phone.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
QotD, judgment edition.
Coworker walks past with a manga they've checked out: Don't judge!
Me: I don't judge people for the books they read. *thinks about it for a sec* Unless it's Ayn Rand.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Coworker walks past with a manga they've checked out: Don't judge!
Me: I don't judge people for the books they read. *thinks about it for a sec* Unless it's Ayn Rand.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
September 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
QotD, judgment edition.
Coworker walks past with a manga they've checked out: Don't judge!
Me: I don't judge people for the books they read. *thinks about it for a sec* Unless it's Ayn Rand.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Coworker walks past with a manga they've checked out: Don't judge!
Me: I don't judge people for the books they read. *thinks about it for a sec* Unless it's Ayn Rand.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
I just did a library research workshop for ~8 upper division integrated studies students. Only one said they had had a library workshop before. 🫥
I filled 50 minutes with topic & keyword brainstorming, Boolean, picking databases, and finding librarians. Whew!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
I filled 50 minutes with topic & keyword brainstorming, Boolean, picking databases, and finding librarians. Whew!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
August 31, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I just did a library research workshop for ~8 upper division integrated studies students. Only one said they had had a library workshop before. 🫥
I filled 50 minutes with topic & keyword brainstorming, Boolean, picking databases, and finding librarians. Whew!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
I filled 50 minutes with topic & keyword brainstorming, Boolean, picking databases, and finding librarians. Whew!
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
Dear student, I don't know of any other ways to tell you that just because two books have some of the same words in the title, they are not, in fact, equivalent to each other. Also, you don't want a book about law and health care published in 2003.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
August 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Dear student, I don't know of any other ways to tell you that just because two books have some of the same words in the title, they are not, in fact, equivalent to each other. Also, you don't want a book about law and health care published in 2003.
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
#LibraryLife #LibrarianProblems
i just received an email from a patron (who got my contact from an unidentified staff person...) who wants to donate their first-generation eReader to the library. to preserve the historical record. #LibrarianProblems @librarianproblems.bsky.social
August 21, 2026 at 6:22 PM
i just received an email from a patron (who got my contact from an unidentified staff person...) who wants to donate their first-generation eReader to the library. to preserve the historical record. #LibrarianProblems @librarianproblems.bsky.social