Closed Stacks is a collaborative blog written by a variety of different types of  librarians.  We try to entertain, educate, and enlighten as best we can, and are always open to constructive criticism.

Contact us at closedstacksblog@gmail.com.

About the writers:

I work in a small(ish) Liberal Arts College library in Research and Instruction.  I also fill in at a another university library and a small, rural library.  After all, why have only one job when you can have three?  Prior to this I’ve worked at every type of library there is (well, almost), doing practically everything one can do plus a stint in publishing and 5 years as a bookseller.

I like books.

–The Librarienne

I work at a suburban public library as a Reference and Technology Librarian. I am learning to adapt to the less-reliable computer systems in the public library world.

-Miss Information

I am a Technology Coordinator/Reference staff member/mover of large objects at a busy suburban library.  I love learning about new technologies and how they can improve our libraries.

-Professor Frink

I am currently working as a public library reference librarian in the northeastern city I also call home, after seven years as a children’s librarian. Adept at story hours AND dealing with the mentally ill.

-Penny Dreadful

I’m a reference and adult services librarian in a suburban public library.  I wear platform heels to help me reach the books on the top shelves and will hunt you down if you even think about taking our good scissors.

-Shushie

I am a newly employed medical librarian with zero experience in medical librarianship.  I work as a solo librarian in a hospital library and spend my days trying to decipher doctors’ handwriting.

-Librarian Rx

I spend my days working in a database in the technology transfer office of a large state university; I spend my nights catching up on my library school assignments as a full-time distance library science student at SJSU, where I find myself focusing on information technology and web development in my studies. My ambition in life is to be an information superhero.

-Roxy Readmoor

After a couple of years living in China, I spent three years as a public not-librarian in Canada, where I did storytimes until they made me stop (in part because of my insistence that “Demanding Dinosaurs” was a perfectly appropriate name for a storytime session). Now I’m an LIS student with a storage locker full of comics, an ereader full of science fiction, and a prejudice against bureaucratic administrations.

– Librarianaut

Librarian_101 believes in libraries and loves them.  Should you ever come across her in public, it’s highly likely she’ll be reading, taking photos, or perhaps doing something very un-librarianesque.  You never know.

-Librarian_101

I work in a medium size public library in Technical Services and Reference.  I enjoy ranting about DDC in Tech, and I continually strive to perfect my smile and nod for ranting/crazy patrons.

I enjoy checking out more books than I can possibly read and getting book and literary tattoos.

-Fierce MissMeek

I’m a recent MLIS graduate with one foot in the corporate world and the other ready to jump into an archives career (when the right job becomes available!) I work part-time in an archives at UC Berkeley.

-Paige Turner

Guest Writers:

I quit my own blog but somehow ended up here.  I’d like to leave now, but there are these chains.  And it’s dark.  Please call the police.

-the.effing.librarian

I am a newer law librarian at an East Coast law school. I have my dream job because I meet new people and learn new things every day.

-Madame Lawbrarian

I work as a reference and instruction librarian at a community college in New England. Basically, my job rocks my universe.

-Librarian About Town