Librarian Problems, with William Ottens
Circulation Status
"I love Librarian Problems and we’re often on the same page about what’s happening in libraryland! 😉" - Fake Library Stats
CI215 Show Notes
In Circulating Ideas, Episode 215, I chatted with William Ottens, author of Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks, about his path to librarianship, starting Librarian Problems on Tumblr way back when, and fun / maddening librarian stereotypes.
Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks
You can order William's book here!
The OG Librarian Problems Tumblr!
Librarian Problems (@librarianprblms)
Tweets from Librarian Problems!
Recirculated
I've talked with a number of purveyors of library humor over the years, starting from the second episode back in 2011!
Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes from the webcomic Unshelved!
A dramatic reenactment of my email conversation with the Annoyed Librarian!
Emily Lloyd, creator of the webcomic Shelf Check!
Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner from the Awful Library Books blog!
Gene Ambaum and Willow Payne, the writer and artist of Library Comic!
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