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Annoying things that patrons do, say, don't say, etc.		311	tymfos, Yesterday 9:41pm
Odd things found in the library...		221	fleurdiabolique, Sunday 5:37pm
a piece on the futur of libraries		1	SimonW11, Saturday 8:47pm
Children's librarians - need your thoughts		1	tiinaj1, Saturday 5:00am
How do Librarians feel about Self-Published Books		18	DanMat, Thursday 3:12pm
Funny Requests from patrons		609	Hagelstein, February 12
Funny Requests from Patrons, vol. 2		71	mlfhlibrarian, February 10
Libraries using LIbraryThing		1	prettycurious, February 7
Small Library Needs Recommendations for Web-Based Cataloging Software		7	RowanTribe, February 2
Libraries In The News		1	nickhoonaloon, February 2
MLS roll call		243	NielsenGW, January 31
Article about Amazon Publishing in Bloomburg Businessweek (Jan 30-Feb 5, 2012 issue)		1	RowanTribe, January 30
"Who's killing the Dewey decimal system?"		39	sialia, January 27
Using LibraryThing as an OPAC		4	keristars, January 26
Free Book Resources?		10	fugitive, January 25
Just one book...		33	mamzel, January 24
Tossing books		36	mysterymax, January 20
How to encourage circulation?		4	benuathanasia, January 16
For your enjoyment		1	mamzel, January 13
Your Organizational Social Tagging Experience!!		5	karimio, January 12
Friends Fundraising		1	rockinrhombus, January 11
What do librarians do?		75	Booktechie, January 9
Law librarians?		2	legallypuzzled, January 7
Performance measures?		3	RowanTribe, January 3
Choosing a BISAC Category		3	aulsmith, January 1
Z39.50 and LCC		3	benuathanasia, December 2011
Stolen library card?		7	kqueue, December 2011
Group Picture		2	lilithcat, December 2011
Library Fire Recovery: An Appeal		1	rjohara, December 2011
3 cooks baking a cake		3	RowanTribe, December 2011
Bizarre Patron Questions		162	theexiledlibrarian, December 2011
"Hey girl. I like the library too."		4	KitchiOutreach, December 2011
Storytime at the library - crowd control		9	mysterymax, December 2011
Titles on Spines for Books in Arabic or Hebrew		2	Katya0133, December 2011
NYPL Woes		2	manatree, December 2011
Do You Library Book Club?		5	sweetiegherkin, November 2011
Series suggestions for 8 year old boys		9	theexiledlibrarian, November 2011
Online MLIS Schools		26	shelf-employed, November 2011
Braggart in Children's Lit		6	tjm568, November 2011
Help for a stranger?		11	Mejxu, November 2011
Funny things heard at the library		16	Cailiosa, November 2011
Computer Programing for Librarians?		34	vy0123, November 2011
Trying to find a book - help, please!!!		7	theapparatus, November 2011
Great books for year 8 students		5	Goldengrove, November 2011
Suggested Titles on Cancer Survivors (for Breast Cancer Awareness Month)		8	ultrramarrine, October 2011
Help a future librarian! :) LGBTQ tagging survey		6	LibrarianMolly, October 2011
Eddie Puss Wrecks		9	elvisettey, October 2011
Construction woes and rants		21	theexiledlibrarian, October 2011
Reference desk scheduling		10	ShellyS, October 2011
attractive NYT bestsellers web page/widget - suggestions?		3	timepiece, September 2011
Is anyone able to link LT records to barcoded patron data, in essence thereby creating a circulation		1	wabenopl, September 2011
Recommendations for software for a club library?		1	humouress, September 2011
prison's librarian		8	manatree, September 2011
Why Are Academic Libraries Getting Rid of Key Works of Scholarship?		3	DanMat, September 2011
Library science		13	NNVHS, September 2011
A question for all you awesome catalogers! (Hint: it's about subject headings!)		11	CoriatLib, September 2011
UK Editions in a US library		13	hollymanheim, September 2011
MLIS Tips		6	Snodgrass99, September 2011
Florida State University vs. Clarion University of Pennsylvania for online MLS?		3	horomnizon, September 2011
Sets of illustrations from Captain Cook's voyages : are they complementary OR duplicatory ?		1	ocfinebooks, August 2011
searching articles in journals		3	jbd1, August 2011
New Book Feeds		3	princessgarnet, August 2011
Teaching catalog(u)ing online		4	eugeniaK, August 2011
What was your degree in?		245	plnr1, August 2011
Workplace Diversity		5	CliffordDorset, August 2011
What kind of patrons come to your library?		17	theapparatus, August 2011
How are libraries and librarians doing in Minnesota?		8	redpersephone, August 2011
What are you wearing?		60	RowanTribe, August 2011
Library circulating system		3	dubuquer1970, August 2011
best calling		9	dubuquer1970, August 2011
Parent volunteers doing checkouts		26	theapparatus, July 2011
AquaBrowser + LibraryThing		3	somebodhi, July 2011
How many days notice to give before leaving a job?		3	fdholt, July 2011
MSc Thesis on Folksonomies - please tell me what you think		5	Peadar74, July 2011
Book Displays		13	IanFryer, July 2011
Sleeping patrons. To wake up or not?		38	mamzel, July 2011
Dilemma - Fiction titles that have Decimal System reference		19	princessgarnet, July 2011
Anyone ditched Dewey?		5	behanner, July 2011
Can someone suggest books to me???		6	CaraZ, July 2011
The borrower / Rebecca Makkai		5	jjwilson61, July 2011
diy circulation kit :-)		10	Sabayon, July 2011
Evaluation of work - time?		9	brickhorse, July 2011
Opensource Library Managment System		6	kqueue, July 2011
Test		5	CliffordDorset, June 2011
ALA New Orleans		3	EstelleChauvelin, June 2011
Engaging Teen Reader with Library Thing		2	jbd1, June 2011
Getting a first professional job		22	susieimage, June 2011
Would you consider such a site NSFW (no links involved or in post)		2	cardinal_biggles, June 2011
Importing Marc Records		3	AIUK_ResourceCentre, June 2011
Parents of Young Children in Libraries		20	IanFryer, June 2011
Challenged Book		8	tandyk, June 2011
Diigo in your library? (Social bookmarking)		1	roulette.russe, June 2011
Most-frequently used reference resources		27	Poquette, June 2011
Hot Topics--Controversial Book Group Ideas (Fiction) Help?		30	harmonyfb, May 2011
'Living Room' Layouts in Public Libraries		5	elvisettey, May 2011
Music Classification		3	librorumamans, May 2011
Archival		3	noraquinn, May 2011
Academic librarians ever survey faculty?		4	librarianshannon, May 2011
Cataloging Author names		4	fdholt, May 2011
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