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		<title>In Defense of Library School</title>
		<link>http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/in-defense-of-library-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paige Turner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since a lot of the population seems to be in the dark about what librarians actually do, it&#8217;s no surprise that when I tell people I&#8217;m in library school, I&#8217;m often met with skepticism, puzzled looks, or questions that illustrate their ignorance on the topic.
&#8220;So is it a certificate program or something?&#8221;
&#8220;Do you learn the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=closedstacks.wordpress.com&blog=2216618&post=1902&subd=closedstacks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the Trenches</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madame Lawbrarian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding a job is a scary, overwhelming process in the best of times.  But if you find yourself looking for a library job in 2009, you know it is far from the best of times.  With cities  facing huge budget shortfalls and colleges feeling the loss from decimated endowments, layoffs and freezes are commonplace and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=closedstacks.wordpress.com&blog=2216618&post=1891&subd=closedstacks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not About the Buildings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Librarienne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not About The Buildings was founded in the summer of 2006, after the trustees of the Providence Public Library overwhelmingly voted to close two-thirds of the city&#8217;s nine library branches.  Without libraries, neighborhoods would lose community centers, easy access to information, and quiet, ad-free spaces in which to socialize and learn.  (Luckily, the branches were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=closedstacks.wordpress.com&blog=2216618&post=1877&subd=closedstacks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You, Ray Bradbury</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Librarienne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people have heard the story of how Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 on a pay typewriter in the basement of the UCLA library.  I&#8217;ve always loved that story, and it makes me feel very proud to work in an industry that inadvertently contributed to the creation of such a great work of literature.  Then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=closedstacks.wordpress.com&blog=2216618&post=1870&subd=closedstacks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Library Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss Information</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/?p=1769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Presidential libraries are a unique sort of special library. They serve the strange dual function of being a museum dedicated to celebrating one of our nation&#8217;s leaders, and acting as an repository for all of that president&#8217;s papers and records. Presidential libraries I have visited has felt much more like the former, a museum and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=closedstacks.wordpress.com&blog=2216618&post=1769&subd=closedstacks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Librarian with a book in the conservatory*</title>
		<link>http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/the-librarian-with-a-book-in-the-conservatory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Librarian About Town</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/?p=1832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Closed Stacks is a professional library blog, full of important commentary on pivotal issues. Our brainy writers are diligent about staying on topic. Following this logic, I should report on funtime summer projects in the college library. Self-studies, collection management, ILI planning, meetings, blah, blah, blah&#8230;
I just cannot do it. Anyone that works in academia [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=closedstacks.wordpress.com&blog=2216618&post=1832&subd=closedstacks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter and a Global Perspective</title>
		<link>http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/twitter-and-a-global-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss Information</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/?p=1820</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sure most librarians have by now picked up on the amazing story of how young Iranians used Twitter to gather when cell phone communication was cut off in the midst of a highly contested election- but it still deserves a mention here.  
In a truly classy act of international mindfulness, twitter put off scheduled maintenance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=closedstacks.wordpress.com&blog=2216618&post=1820&subd=closedstacks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Reason to Love David Sedaris</title>
		<link>http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/another-reason-to-love-david-sedaris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Librarienne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/?p=1801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to hear David Sedaris read twice, and have one book signed by him (although most of my book collection is in storage, so it was a booksale copy of Barrel Fever, my least favorite of his works).  He is always in the lobby before and after his performances, and sits there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=closedstacks.wordpress.com&blog=2216618&post=1801&subd=closedstacks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Problem Patrons</title>
		<link>http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/problem-patrons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Librarienne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are like snowflakes&#8211; unique, come in flurries, and seem harmless until your eyelashes are full of them and you can no longer see!
I&#8217;ve worked at a lot of different libraries, and there are always problem patrons.  Even in the most refined setting, the crazies come out to make life just that much more interesting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=closedstacks.wordpress.com&blog=2216618&post=1765&subd=closedstacks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Libraries lend a hand&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://closedstacks.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/libraries-lend-a-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Librarienne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now I&#8217;m sure every librarian has seen this report from the Today Show, but it&#8217;s worth re-posting.  It&#8217;s nice to get a pat on the back, and have someone realize what all we do.
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