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Kristen Arnett: We Need to Talk About Library Junk
Thousands of Librarians, Millions of Useless Old Objects
By
Kristen Arnett
| February 13, 2019
Kristen Arnett: Am I a Librarian or a Writer?
Ed. Note: The Word 'Wribrarian' May Have Appeared in Drafts of This Column
By
Kristen Arnett
| January 23, 2019
Kristen Arnett: A Librarian's Resolutions for the New Year
Basically, You Gotta Be Able to Joke About the Bad Stuff
By
Kristen Arnett
| January 9, 2019
An Incomplete List of the Non-Book Things You Can Get at the Library
It's Basically Everything Except Kristen Arnett's Toothbrush
By
Kristen Arnett
| December 5, 2018
For the Virtues I Have Acquired as a Librarian, I Am Truly Thankful
Kristen Arnett Has Learned Patience (and Some Other Things)
By
Kristen Arnett
| November 21, 2018
What Happens When You "Accidentally" Destroy a Library Book?
Please Don't Use Pizza as a Bookmark. That's Bad.
By
Kristen Arnett
| November 7, 2018
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
20 Terrible Tales of True Horror From the Library
By
Kristen Arnett
| October 24, 2018
Susan Orlean: "Librarians Are Heroic."
By
Kristen Arnett
| October 16, 2018
No, I Can't Braid Your Hair: Why Librarians Need Boundaries Too
By
Kristen Arnett
| October 10, 2018
I Am a Librarian, I Am a Tech Whisperer
From Disemboweling Old Printers to Explaining iPhones That Don't Yet Exist
By
Kristen Arnett
| September 26, 2018
Do You Really Need a Degree to Be a Librarian?
Kristen Arnett Has Some Career Advice For You
By
Kristen Arnett
| September 12, 2018
Kristen Arnett: Ain't No Party Like a Library Party
There's Something For Everyone at Your Local Library (and If There Isn't, Just Ask)
By
Kristen Arnett
| August 29, 2018
Buddy, the Library Isn't a 7-Eleven
A Running Tally of Items People Have Asked for at the Circulation Desk
By
Kristen Arnett
| August 15, 2018
The Dos and Don'ts of Supporting Your Local Library
For God's Sake, Do Not Recatalog a Book with Sharpie
By
Kristen Arnett
| August 1, 2018
How Librarians Survive on the Frontlines of Fake News
Kristen Arnett Goes in for Some Hardcore Librarianing (Sure, It's a Verb)
By
Kristen Arnett
| July 18, 2018
Librarians Will Guard Your Privacy With Their Lives
We Won't Even Narc If You're Watching Porn
By
Kristen Arnett
| June 20, 2018
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