Have you ever been curious about what goes on in that elusive "back room" behind the circulation desk? Ever try to talk to your favorite library employee and been told that they're "on a break?" Well, as it turns out, there are some secrets we've been keeping from the public all these years...
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Rex Libris, Head Librarian of the Middleton Public Library, isn't afraid to let you in on the inside scoop, and while on the surface he's your typical book-loving, gun-toting, defender of literature, he definitely reveals bits and pieces of the elusive world of the public library system in his first book: Rex Libris: I Librarian.
For instance, did you know that most reference librarians keep a shotgun behind the desk to defend themselves from the occasional barbarian horde that might wander in from the non-fiction stacks? Or that, like Rex, most people who work in the library are actually thousands of years old and are able to answer your reference questions quickly not through years of intense study, but because we've just been around long enough to know it all? |
But please don't think it's all fun and games... Just try collecting fines halfway across the universe and you'll see just how difficult our job can sometimes be. And I haven't even mentioned the robot army yet...
So take some time to learn the Dewey Decimal System, don't reshelve your own books, pay off those fines and we'll get along just fine. And remember, if you dont' return that book, someone like Rex Libris might come knocking at your door. And trust me, we don't like collecting any more than you like paying...
Check out Rex Libris: I Librarian at your local library today!