Episode 054 - How We Ended Up Working in Libraries

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This episode we're talking about how we ended up working in libraries, literary inspirations for our careers, and what you should think about before you decide you want a to work in a library. Plus: The Library Fairy! Excel exams! Catalogue cards! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Books, Links, Articles, and Things The article from Matthew's undergrad newspaper for which someone slept in the library (newly digitized!) The novelization of Batman and Robin that's still in the the library Library Catalogue (and info about catalogue cards) The Music Man (the musical) Marian The Librarian CEGEP - "a publicly funded pre‑university college in the province of Quebec" The Providence Athenæum Subscription Library Anchor Archive Zine Library Discworld The Librarian This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson Second Life The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente We Are All Wyveraries: A Love Letter To Libraries Rupert Giles (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Lisa Simpson's bookshelf: from the curator of Instagram's Simpsons Library The Sword of Maiden's Tears by Rosemary Edghill (the Library student/elf novel Meghan mentioned) Readers' Advisory for Library Staff Facebook Group Library Employee Support Network Facebook Group The On-Call Waltz Anna and Meghan's zine about precarious library work Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts, follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, June 19th when we'll be talking about Military Non-Fiction! Then come back on Tuesday, July 3rd when we'll talk about other things we're reading!

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