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Unshelved #9
Too Much Information
These days information is easy to come by - too easy, perhaps. In the newest Unshelved collection our stalwart staff of library workers help Mallville's citizens make sense of it all, while dealing with their increasingly worrisome budget problems. Meanwhile Dewey's girlfriend Cathy has a big surprise for him, and his life will never be the same again!
127 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Gene Ambaum
18 books29 followersI write Unshelved with Bill Barnes. I've worked as a paper boy, auto mechanic, courier, English teacher, operations manager, teen services librarian, and staff development coordinator. I enjoy a wide range of graphic novels and am currently obsessed with the work of Lewis Trondheim, Emmanuel Guibert, Hope Larson, and Kazu Kibuishi. My favorite book without words is Owly The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer by Andy Runton. My favorite book without pictures is Ursula LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea.
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January 13, 2026
A sustained storyline throughout this volume's strips has the library facing budget cuts and a staff reduction. Despite this looming over their heads, the employees of the Mallville Public Library still have to deal with their eccentric and frustrating patrons, i.e., their usual hijinks.
If you've enjoyed the previous eight volumes, you'll like this one.
FOR REFERENCE:
Reprinting Unshelved comic strips originally published on the Unshelved website from April 27, 2010, to December 1, 2011, and Conference Tips originally published in ALA Cognotes newspapers in June 2010, January 2011, and June 2011.
Contents: Foreword / Jennifer L. Holm -- Too Much Information / Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes -- Extras. Conference Tips / Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes -- Extras. Questionable Content guest strip / Bill Barnes
If you've enjoyed the previous eight volumes, you'll like this one.
FOR REFERENCE:
Reprinting Unshelved comic strips originally published on the Unshelved website from April 27, 2010, to December 1, 2011, and Conference Tips originally published in ALA Cognotes newspapers in June 2010, January 2011, and June 2011.
Contents: Foreword / Jennifer L. Holm -- Too Much Information / Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes -- Extras. Conference Tips / Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes -- Extras. Questionable Content guest strip / Bill Barnes
September 6, 2016
Mostly entertaining library humor but there were a couple of lesbian jokes which were disappointing in their inclusion due to their negative bent.
July 23, 2021
Funny! Welcome to the world of working in a library!
May 31, 2015
Confronted by the Great recession, as well as the usual collection of eccentric characters, the clientele, the Mallville Public Library is forced to make budget cuts. At the last moment Colleen the "old school reference librarian," retires and saves the staff from the horror of layoffs. A week later she’s replaced by library assistant Dyna, who is smart, savvy and snarky. In the midst of all this, YA librarian Dewey confronts the looming responsibilities of fatherhood. Once again Ambaum and Barnes have turned the day to day operations of a library into steady stream of LOL comic strips.
June 1, 2015
So, while the other books dealt with little everyday annoyances, this one dealt with some serious sh*t, like budget cuts and possible layoffs. Plus, Dewey got thrown a curveball. This one brought back memories of things my library did to keep the doors open during the same time that these strips were written. It's all so real. I'm going to need to read some chick lit soon.
February 7, 2017
This volume centers around rumors of budget cuts to the Mallville Library which leads to relevance of libraries and the services they provide. Computers and Ereaders are a featured topic. Anyone who enjoys these comics is going to come down on the pro-side of the issue, if not this is not a series of books for you.
February 24, 2012
this volume gets a little too snarky. a new character is introduced, i suppose every strip has to have its charlotte braun (wasn't that the peanuts character?) and even sweet gentle Tamara gets sarcastic.
wish they'd print some volumes of the earlier strips...
wish they'd print some volumes of the earlier strips...
May 7, 2013
Another great Unshelved! It really is eerie how much of this could be pulled from my own life and work experience. :) In this volume I loved that there are big changes going on in the lives of the characters, though I would trade Colleen back for Dyna any day. Hilarious, as always!
May 7, 2014
Every issue reminds me that all libraries have the weirdest things happen in them. I love every strip and can relate to most of them. Thank you Gene & Bill for helping me realize that the weirdness is normal!
April 9, 2016
The Mallville Public Library faces budget cuts. Which staff member will have to leave? Dewey learns that his girlfriend, Cathy, is pregnant, which in turn leads to a meeting with her protective father.
March 22, 2012
Got my copy of my favorite webcomic signed at PLA :)
April 17, 2012
I love Unshelved. It's great for a free laugh in my email inbox every day.
May 1, 2015
it was interesting collection of a web-comic,nice!
January 3, 2013
Swallowed whole and now passed over to my husband. :D A wonderful late Christmas present from my parents!
January 4, 2013
I love this series.
They're so funny, and the art is great too!
They're so funny, and the art is great too!
May 14, 2013
Loved these graphic novels, but librarians would never say those things! (At least not out loud!)
May 6, 2013
Love it!!!
September 5, 2013
Very enjoyable, since this volume contains the year where Ambaum and Barnes started doing extended story arcs again.
July 10, 2014
Library humor. There's nothing better.
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May 28, 2015Humorously depicted human interactions.
July 5, 2017
Better than the last one. Good library humor.
July 18, 2016
This one gets an extra star for the guest comic strip by Jeph Jacques.
January 17, 2017
good library humor
January 2, 2017
More snarky than I had hoped, but still made me laugh.
August 2, 2017
In this volume Mel shows her true library manager personality. I had a boss like that once, and I don't mean it in a good way.
January 2, 2018
Somehow made it through a decade of working in libraries without hearing about this series. It's fun!
August 20, 2018
Thankfully this wasn't as snarky as the last one. Some major character development.
August 14, 2023
I don’t know, this one just didn’t hit as much as other ones I’ve read in this series, although I did appreciate that there weren’t any book pitches in this one. Also, rapid movement in the macroplot, maybe too rapid.
April 3, 2019
Funny, funny, funny. Love a bit of library humour, especially in comic form! Now I just need to start from the beginning!
October 22, 2020
A series of comic strips that take place in a public library. Humorous comic with quirky characters.
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