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Free for all: oddballs, geeks, and gangstas in the public library by Don Borchert
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Free for all: oddballs, geeks, and gangstas in the public library

by Don Borchert

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This is like the book I think I would eventually write after working in libraries. So funny. ( )
1 vote audramelissa | Sep 25, 2009 |
An insider's view of a community branch library that starts out snarky but ends up as a tribute to both the people who work in libraries and those who inhabit them. The author swears like a newsman, not a librarian, but aside from that discordant note, it's a charming book. ( )
1 vote wortklauberlein | Aug 19, 2009 |
I just didn't like the writer's tone; I felt like he was trying overly hard to shock and dismay. It's hard enough keeping up your own morale sometimes, and to go home and read about all the negative aspects of library work from a bitter cranky guy seems defeating. Also he complained about kids and teens a lot, which bugged me - I don't think he ever called them "hooligans" but he came close. ( )
  jentifer | Aug 15, 2009 |
Tales from a public librarian in California. Unfortunately, it's pretty dead on. ( )
1 vote francomega | Jul 18, 2009 |
Since I work in a library, I have the inside knowledge of the oddities that regularly occur there. However, I found the title interesting and decided to give Free For All a try. I enjoyed Borchert's humor and descriptions of the library's evolution. While this book offers nothing new or earth shattering for those of us who work in libraries, it's still a good read. ( )
  06nwingert | Jun 30, 2009 |
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"The secondhandedness of the learned world is the secret of its mediocrity." - Alfred North Whitehead
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To friends and family. To Sally and Andrea and Beth and Rosie, and to my dad. To Bob and Donna Perkins. To Ian Morgan, John Kalmbaugh, and Tom Ryan - oh my, what a bunch. Big, tough ones. To Theresa and Curtis Babiar and Rhea Edelman, library stalwarts. To Greg Bobulinski, jazz trumpet player extraordinaire, who reminds us that life is not merely endless commerce. To Lynn Wolverton.
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Libraries are a footnote to our civilization, an outpost to those unfamiliar with the concept, and a cheap, habit-forming narcotic to the regular patron.
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