LISNews: Librarian News

One archivist to preserve and catalog the old, burnt-out light
bulb;

One acquisitions librarian to order the new light bulb;

One cataloger to catalog and classify the new light bulb when
received according to AACR2 standards, noting wattage, color,
fluorescent or incandescent, etc.;

One reference librarian to ascertain that the light bulb ordered
is what the patron REALLY wants;

One media services librarian to make sure the bulb meets stated
instructional objectives;

One government publications librarian to check that the bulb meets
federal standards;

One circulation librarian to check out the bulb;

One dean of libraries to oversee the entire process;

AND

One student worker to actually change the light bulb.

Joe Cadieux, editor of The Shy Librarian passed along this True Case of Library Pornography , By Gerry Molyneaux, Media Librarian, West Hartford Public Library, West Hartford, Connecticut.

\"In reality what I was watching in my office was no Jewel—or American Civil War—nor did the leather and thong feature come close to the magical touch of Ang Lee. I leaped from my seat, spilled my coffee, and scalded my lap: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, this was not the video I intended to buy—-why, this was certainly... pornography!\"

Gerry writes \"More on the
Memphis PL furore. A reminder that not only do
libarries have stuff on communism, we\'ve got Harry
Potter, Satan and drugs, too!

Bwaaaaahahahahaha!

(as found on alternet.org, adapted from the Memphis
Flyer) \"

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A Librarian\'s Alphabet is a fun little list of what letters go with what in the LIS world, by Denise Plourde.

\"
A is for Access, a large part of our creed.
Z is for Libraries. (In LC classification!)
\"

It goes from A to Z, though L is for Library instead of LISNews.