Miss C has editorial superpowers. Sometimes she uses them for good. Sometimes.

These are common, but it's often necessary to go beyond such lists. A readers' advisory reference interview by a librarian truly skilled in that field is a sight to behold.

The western theme music made this video even awesomer.

Possibly. Perhaps if there was a Friends of the Library organization. Cookies probably do no harm. Last week, a happy patron came by with kolaches for the librarians. One critical difference: librarian treats should never be conditional upon some service.

I'm curious about that, too.

I was working the reference desk one day when a man called from out of state. He wanted me to look up a certain obscure piece of information located in our microfiche archives. By policy, we didn't do that for non-patrons. But then he offered me $150.

I asked my boss if it was ethically acceptable to do this after my shift ended and I was technically off work. She seemed skeptical, so I turned down the offer. My job wasn't worth losing over $150.

It's a very bad idea to take any payment from patrons beyond your salary.

And there's an obvious sampling error.

Like a vertical file?

Done! I've now added this as a poll option.

Thanks for the information, Chew Bird. I'll update the post to reflect it.

A guy at the gym on Friday was playing the Trololololo song. I could only roll my eyes at his lack of hipness.