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Staci B Elliott

Dolf Day Diva
May 5, 2008

Happy DOLF Day! Today we’ve got an eclectic mix of dress codes, divas, cult books and conference advice. Enjoy!

One of my favorite blogs, A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette, has never shirked from filing honest appraisals of the information at at hand. On February 29th, the topic was Casual Friday at the Library (and folks, this applies to conference clothing, too!!):

Fridays, Casual

Your library's "Casual Friday" dress code does not give you the license to wear sweatpants to work.

And speaking of dress codes and conferences, the American Library Association’s Annual Conference is coming—here’s a little advice to help all you new librarians put the right foot forward… in a groovy ‘50’s kinda way—oh, and don’t miss the outtakes at the end! They may actually be the best part of the whole informational video.

Thanks to The Shifted Librarian for pointing this one out.

Thanks also go to The Invisible Library blogger for this entry, in which he admits to having read Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and also provides a link to this awesome list of the fifty best cult books EVAR. (Courtesy of the Telegraph news online.) It looks like I've got some reading to do!

As a side note, I’d like to give cudos to the Hedgehog Librarian (nocturnal diva of the library) for getting this quote stuck in my head: “Totally Corrupted By Toddlers.”

All you children’s librarians (and nannies) out there know exactly what she’s talking about, too. Remember the last time you were out with your adult friends, and stopped the conversation to tell everyone you really had to go potty??

...By the way, we've got some actual content coming soon-- just not on a Monday.

Posted by Staci B Elliott on May 5, 2008 | Comments (2)

May 5, 2008
In response to: Dolf Day Diva
Hedgehog Librarian commented:

:) Glad you enjoy the quote. Sometimes I think it'd be easier if we all were at the toddler level. At least then we could have mandated naptime!

May 6, 2008
In response to: Dolf Day Diva
StaciB commented:

So True! Come to think of it, we'd also get second breakfast every day, and SNACK TIME in the afternoons, and we'd get to hold hands in the hall way, and somebody ELSE would carry around that huge bag that holds everything we need to get through the day without falling to pieces, and we'd have time to read just one more story, and... Hmmm... I wonder if Management would go for it??