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Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch

by Emily Hampshire

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“Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian,' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now

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“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: answers, correct, google, internet, libarary, librarian, librarians, right, search

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“Librarying is a harder profession than the public realizes, he said. People think it's all rubber stamps, knowing that Dewey 521 is celestial mechanics and saying 'Try looking under fiction' sixty eight times a day.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Woman Who Died A Lot

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“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: library

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“Do I have to talk to insane people?"
"You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Woman Who Died a Lot

tags: crazy-people, librarians

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2018 DHSS Library Reading Challenge — 7 members — last activity Apr 23, 2018 07:00AM
What is it? The DHSS Library Reading Challenge is a series of reading goals to encourage participants to read more in the coming year, or to broaden y ...more

Hoey House Book Club — 2 members — last activity Jan 16, 2016 09:27AM
We may be on opposite coasts, but we can still enjoy a good book discussion!

The Seasonal Reading Challenge — 9457 members — last activity 1 hour, 22 min ago
Do you want to broaden your reading horizons and discover new books, authors and genres? Do you love reading challenges? Do you live for competition? ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 343985 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 27068 members — last activity 4 hours, 15 min ago
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more

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