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Desk Set
on Oct 26, 2007 in patrons social software Goowy Some time ago, I copied Michael Casey and talked a bit about Desktop on Demand. Since then, I've been playing around quite a bit with a similar application - Goowy. Goowy and DoD both operate as a home-away-from-home desktop environment, but there ar...
You Never Know Who Your Patrons Were
on Jan 13, 2009 in patrons Customer Service We all have that patron... just slightly off psychotic, generally unkempt, possibly drunk and has a seemingly delusional story of grandeur. You know, the one who: - Continually asks for books on advanced theoretical mathematics to disprove some...
Freakuary
on Jan 30, 2009 in @ the Library APB EMS Irregulars LibrarianWoes NYC PTSD Porn Man Space Ace Special Ed Woeful addicts alcohol ambulance biohazard bones bottles drugs drunk freak show freaks homeless librarian librarians library lunatic men's room patrons police policy restroom vagrants vile This Image Sums Up My Entire Day Without a doubt today had the highest nut to normal ratio of any day I have ever worked… And I’ve worked some really freaky days in my time as a librarian. Due to the PTSD factor involved I don’t ca...
Freakuary
on Jan 30, 2009 in @ the Library APB EMS Irregulars LibrarianWoes NYC PTSD Porn Man Space Ace Special Ed Woeful addicts alcohol ambulance biohazard bones bottles drugs drunk freak show freaks homeless librarian librarians library lunatic men's room patrons police policy restroom vagrants vile This Image Sums Up My Entire Day Without a doubt today had the highest nut to normal ratio of any day I have ever worked… And I’ve worked some really freaky days in my time as a librarian. Due to the PTSD factor involved I don’t ca...
Funner & Funner
on Feb 26, 2009 in @ the Library Dude Scientology SuicideGirls Woeful bounty hunter homeless patrons porn restroom stalker vagrants katee sackhoff It’s been a while since I’ve posted any search terms here so I thought I’d entertain you by posting a few highlights from the last week. So without further ado, and in reverse chronological order, here it goes: woeful librarian - Yo...