Quiet, Please
Dispatches from a Public Librarian (10th Anniversary Edition)

I loved this book. Why? Because A) I thought library school was the biggest waste of my time and money and will tell it to anyone who will listen 2) I think librarians by and large are the most socially defunct group of people (I may be included in that) III) Although I love the patrons, I have repeat......more

Lol funny! This is the story of a man who becomes a librarian because he doesn't know what else to do. He questions his job choice, but he is really a people watcher, and the library attracts all kinds. I highly recommend this book!......more

A review where I find I'm writing more about myself than the book at hand, only because the farther along I read in the book the more I saw myself in the book -- which might not be the best way of reading a memoir. When I first came across this book I thought 'oh cool - a book about being a librarian......more

Scott Douglas is brilliant! And he is, at the same time, just a regular guy. As a 5-year library employee (who would like to eventually get her Masters, but has to wait for financial reasons for a few years more), I could relate to so many of his stories, both of crazy patrons, and intra-office dram......more

Homophobic, fat-hating, unlikeable, but he had some interesting points about libraries. Too bad he was a giant dick.......more