Hello! I'm new!

I just wanted to say hullo and introduce myself! I've been on Library Thing since September, but I've just begun poking around the groups and message boards.
::bows:: I am Lauren, an English major with a slightly eclectic taste in books, though fantasy and science fiction hold a special place in my heart and will always be my favorite genre, especially books involving Arthurian legend and retellings of fairy tales.

Welcome, laurenlynned! This is a great place to be! Enjoy!

Yay, a fellow English major! May I ask what you wish to do with your degree?

Hi, Lauren! *waves* Welcome to the Green Dragon!

*offers laurenlynned a beverage from the bar* Not sure what your preference is, but of course we have lots of things on tap.

*waves*

^_^ Thank you everyone! ::waves::

MissWoodhouse1816, I want to be a librarian, I'm planning to attend grad school for library science. You?

MrsLee, why thank you, I very much like mint mojitos ^_^

Welcome laurenlynned. This is a great place because of the wonderful people in here.

I'm going into the teaching field- high school to start with, then either PhD for college teaching or law school. I thought about following in my aunt's footsteps and being a librarian, but I'm too noisy. ;)

#7 - You're going to love it here then, these get served a lot around here!

I like noisy, and nosy, librarians!

*waves hello to Laurenlynned* Welcome to the best pub on the web.

I'm new too!

Welcome Lauren, and MrsGrinch too!

maggie: no wonder you love me!!

Hi laurenlyn: The world needs passionate dedicated librarians - good for you. I just retired after 34 years in the field. I cannot imagine a more important calling - especially in school libraries.

Not an English major, but I too plan for a Master in Library Science, if I ever finish my Bachelor's in History. Welcome aboard!

*waves as she sprints by*

MerryMary, I like librarians who are wise acres too.

Are we trying to get the newbies drunk? Probably just as well, we are easier to take when judgment is impaired.

Welcome!

Hehe, it takes a lot more then a mint mojito to get me drunk. :p

I'd also say I am a pretty noisy and sassy librarian, I've told off many a student without them fully realizing they had just been insulted working at my college's library...It aggravates me when they come in and claim not to know anything (and give me an attitude) about the library when there are two classes required for everyone to take that goes over the basics AND takes them on a tour...but generally if someone is polite and nice to me I reciprocate... ^_^;;

Thank you everyone for such a wonderful, warm welcome!!

Pull up a stool, Lauren and Mrs Grinch. Watch out for the roombas! They can climb walls!

This thread needs a wee bit of cheese...

YYYUUUUMMMM!!!!!!

I love cheese.

Me too!

I just love the way clamairy measures things!

Welcome to Lauren and MrsGrinch!

Kudos, Lauren, on your chosen career path! I just wrapped up my MLS last summer.

mmmmmcheese! * polly grabs a drink and a chunk of sharp cheddar* hi lauren!

#25 - ;o)

May I offer up a little chocolate?

Now we are talking. Chocolate Paradesio!

Clam and MrsLee - that looks wonderful! I'll bring fruit!

Thought I'd invite some cute guys to the party...

Welcome to Lauren! What are some of the Arthurian books you love? I read Gawain and the Green Knight last year and I *loved* it. My husband got me the Tennyson Idylls of the King, but I haven't made it past the first poem. And I like the children's series by Gerald Morris.

When I was little, my dad had a two volume set of Malory’s Le Morte De Arthur that was my secret treasure. Dark, mysterious, tragic... I recommend it.

>#32: AAAAAAAAH! Giant zombie gingerbread men are coming to eat us! Run! Run! As fast as you can!

Resistance is futile.

Welcome Lauren and MrsGrinch!

Ah! New members...a good excuse for a cheese/chocolate/booze party! Not that we've ever needed an excuse :)

This is turning into an interesting party, lol.

::grabs a large block of dark chocolate:: yum

I really love Mists of Avalon, and I recently read Gawain and the Green Knight which I loved, I also adore Tennyson's Lady of Shallot

I quite enjoyed an recommend Vera Chapmans The Enchantresses and I've got The Three Damosels on my TBR.

Hey, since it's snowing here, we need some hot chocolate - with a little pick-me-up added, of course!



I dunno, is whipped cream *and* scotch too decadent?

*mutters darkly* waste of good scotch, IMHO. But if it's not good, then that might be a way of disguising the fact.

Brandy, instead, perhaps?

@19
Welkom/Welcomme/Willkommen. We are old.
Call me ignorant, but why are there 2 classes to learn how a library works ?
I mean, the library is divided in sections, books are stored on shelves and you can search for books using some kind of (electronic) search system. We learn that at kindergarten, right after the alphabet, sometimes with the help of sesame street characters.
Why would English major students need 2 classes (2 hours) ?
What am I missing ?

#43 Papiervisje, I fully agree with you. That is exactly how it should work. But what we find in practice (at least here in the third world) is that students come to university barely able to read and write, and completely unable to use a library. I could extend that rant to any degree, but then the memory floats up of my orientation week in first-year science. One of the best (few good) bits was a half-hour guided tour of the university library, which stood me in good stead years later, when I needed to consult some non-biology books.

First-years here are taken on library tours as well for a number of classes (and it's part of a participation mark in some classes, too). It mystifies me that people have trouble understanding how they work, sometimes (type in subject, out comes a list of books, look at the call number, find the call number, books, huzzah!), but it really does happen.

I think I'm just wierd. I explore libraries for fun.

Laurenlynned, Do you feel welcome...after all that?

I should add that occasionally after consuming all the above alcohol, chocolate and cheese, and discussing the vagaries of the weather all around the globe, there is actually some discussion of books as well - not much, I agree - but some.

Welcome!

And there is "hang time" in the pub, too. You can talk about books, graphic novels, libraries, whatever you wish....

Check out the Green Dragon chat room

hello *waves*
pulls up a drink, probably someone else's off the bar and wades into the discussion...
on the subject of students and library lessons - other than the fact they were a compulsory part of my undergrad and masters courses (I didn't go for the record) - I think its painfully obvious many students really do need help & not just in subjects like law which have complex citation systems for the law reports that depend on which ones they are using but loads of libraries put journals and periodicals in different places to books and/or have nifty ways of searching them that may or may not come up easily on the main search tools and heaven forfend you ask someone my age or younger to look something up on index cards, they would freak at non-digital data but...

I actually took a mini-course/glorified tour of the library at the college where I work the summer before I started my job, just to get a feel for the new place. It was really helpful, even though I already knew how to 'use' a library, because I found out that there are some very useful resources I would otherwise not know existed, such as some of the personal services the librarians offer for faculty.

Yay, new people! Welcome and watch out for the SPITTING COBRAS and wandering roombas.

I know MrsGrinch from HogX and she's real cool. I vouch for her. ;-)

OK, so I am an idiot. I thought I would be able to read books or at least veiw a small portion of them. What is this and how does this work? Is this just a locater for the books?

LibraryThing is a cataloging site. I've got an entry in "Your Library" for every book I own and for those library books I've read since then. When collections are implemented, I'll also add all those books I want to read as a wishlist collection. I also use the site to review what I've read, see other people's reviews of books, summary data on books and authors, etc. It's great for tracking which books in a series I've read and which I haven't.

As a side benefit, I've met a bunch of people who love to read and keep getting great book recommendations from them. Since I've been here, my wishlist has grown by about an order of magnitude!