[Sca-librarians] Offlist was Library Assistant fired over book

[Nancy Shapiro]

Sorry, I keep forgetting that Gmail doesn't reply to the entire list
automatically.

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:

> Nancy Shapiro wrote:
>
>> For your professional entertainment I offer _
>>
>>
>>  Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by
>>  Don Borchert
>>  <
>> http://www.borders.com/online/store/SearchResults?type=1&contrib=Don+Borchert
>> >
>>
>>
>> Ki-lin
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com<mailto:
>> johnnae at mac.com>> wrote:
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>>    In case you missed this news item-- " Librarian fired for book on
>>    unsavory patrons
>>
>>
>>
>>  Ah geez  an entire segment of literature devoted to serving weird
> patrons.
>
> We were discussing the Ludington book last evening here at home and that
> led me to trying to explain to Patrick
> about the sex pervert who was frequenting my stacks in the departmental
> library that I worked in at Illinois.
> He'd come in, sit on a kickstool in the range of 3 bookcases and fondle
> himself while looking at the female LIS students.
> I told the student assistants the description and the one says "oh I know
> that guy." So she called
> the cops when he came in on Sunday afternoon and they came and hauled him
> away.
>
> We also had someone that stole coed's shoes at the undergraduate library
> for years, which was weird because
> they checked backpacks when one left that library.
>
> Johnna
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