what does a librarian’s work space look like?

It all depends. But from what I have generally seen, there should be lots of crap everywhere. Files are popular items, but I’ve never been a file person (rule of thumb: file = rubbish bin).
I am currently in decorating mode for my office. I’ve acquired an old wooden bookcase filled with really beautifully bound books [...]

week one of New Job

I already have three messages in the work email quarantine centre because they “violated the Profanity Policy”. Bloody hell! Which is a reminder to everyone out there – should you wish to communicate to me via email, DON’T SWEAR or it won’t get through to me.
No more stabbings outside the office this week, which is [...]

library chic, or manic depressive?

The “Ask the stylist” section of the Sunday Age this weekend featured a fashion guide for librarians. It went something like this:
Q: I work in a library, but I don’t want to look like a librarian. I’m on my feet all day, bending over a lot, so low-cut is out of the question and flat shoes [...]

it was miss scarlet with the lead piping

I woke up this morning to a radio report of a stabbing outside MY NEW WORKPLACE from next Monday [26 March].
Since no one seems to know any specific details of this brutal attack, these are some scenarios that staff at the Ath, and also my concerned friend Veronica, have come up with. If anyone has any [...]

from leeches to libraries

i’m thinking of restarting this blog cause i reckon that working in a library is almost like travelling - it’s a journey of amazing highs and the occasional really really terrible low (equal to a night of leeches in Nepal),  and you never know what the new day will bring .
will i get mugged and lose my passport? Will that [...]