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	<description>Whatever It Is, I\&#039;m Against It</description>
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		<title>Information Needs?</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/05/16/information-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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In last week’s discussion of library rental fees, someone commented:
It  is about our customers. In many cases, the rentals aren&#8217;t available  either, and then they go and buy the book or check another library  system.  Yes patience is a virtue, and I can see that argument, but we  also need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An MLS and Food Stamps?</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/05/14/an-mls-and-food-stamps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annoyed Librarian</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1395</guid>
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Anyone following the news in academia probably saw this article last week about the increasing number of people with graduate degrees  on welfare. A kind reader sent it to me with a note: “This should be  required reading for anyone pondering an MLIS degree.”
Those  of you who don’t work in higher might [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are Library Rental Fees Undemocratic?</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/05/09/are-library-rental-fees-undemocratic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annoyed Librarian</dc:creator>
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A kind reader sent in this link wondering if there was really a controversy. It’s a reader poll in  Rhode Island that asks the question: “Should Libraries Charge Fees for  &#8216;Popular&#8217; Books?”
The  writer expressed surprise that the Newport Public Library has a rental  collection of very popular books and charges $.25/day [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Real Question: Is it Porn?</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/05/07/the-real-question-is-it-porn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/05/07/the-real-question-is-it-porn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annoyed Librarian</dc:creator>
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The  biggest news hitting the library world last week, at least as far as I  could tell from the headlines, was the book Fifty Shades of Grey being pulled from a Florida county library system for being too pornographic. It must have been big news, because even the New York Times covered it.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>ALA Begging</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/05/02/ala-begging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annoyed Librarian</dc:creator>
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Not only are librarians becoming carnies, they’re also becoming beggars, even at the ALA. Is this a small anomaly, or a glimpse of the future?
A  kind reader concerned that librarians are turning into beggars sent me a  couple of links: this sad page in American Libraries on Why You Should Go to ALA [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Attack of the Carny Librarians</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/04/30/attack-of-the-carny-librarians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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A kind reader sent in this news story from Atlanta with the following comment: “Lots to chew on in this  substantive account of how self-preservation is the #1 job of library  staff.”
Indeed  there is. The story is the by now typical one of how this isn’t your  grandfather’s public library anymore. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Pleasant Correspondence</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/04/25/more-pleasant-correspondence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annoyed Librarian</dc:creator>
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The  last post took a look at an example of some of the unpleasant mail sent  to the AL. Fortunately, for every email like that, I get several  pointing to fun or interesting things. Here’s a selection that I liked,  but weren’t quite big enough for a full blog post.
The current [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Someone Who Wrote Me</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/04/23/an-open-letter-to-someone-who-wrote-me/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/04/23/an-open-letter-to-someone-who-wrote-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annoyed Librarian</dc:creator>
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I’ve  gotten quite a bit of email in the last couple of weeks. In the next  post, I’ll point to some fun stuff people have sent in, but for today I  want to reply to some nutter who double dared me to respond.
First, check out this email to the AL:
To the “Annoyed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Librarian: by the Numbers</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/04/18/librarian-by-the-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/04/18/librarian-by-the-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annoyed Librarian</dc:creator>
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Someplace job search site  has created yet another job rankings list  based on the sort of rigorous methodology you’d expect from people  trying to hustle money out of you.
Librarian ranks 61,  just below nuclear engineer and aerospace engineer and just above judge  and heating/refrigeration mechanic. But why would the job of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>What are the Real Librarian Stereotypes?</title>
		<link>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/04/16/what-are-the-real-librarian-stereotypes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2012/04/16/what-are-the-real-librarian-stereotypes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annoyed Librarian</dc:creator>
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Last  week I criticized a lazy journalist for doing what lazy journalists do:  write about stuff they know nothing about. In his case, he knew nothing  about libraries, but wrote with the assurance of an expert. That’s why  he ended up sounding stupid, with his talk of bun-wearing shushers and  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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