The reason behind this blog

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Welcome to our blog. The two of us are members of the secret society that exists at the back of the library, known to few as Technical Services. In this magical room books come and go, barcodes and labels attached along with the very data used so you can find said books.

Most people are familiar with the librarians and circulation staff at their local libraries, but most have no clue how books magically appear on the shelves. There are plenty of blogs discussing how libraries work but none tell of the wonderous things found behind the closed doors. We have decided to break the tech laws of the library to bring you the funny, groan worthy, weird, sometimes scary, and just plain odd tidbits that you just can't live without.

We are the librarians rarely seen unless we are dragged mercilessly from the back to monitor the collection. You can recognize us by the way we squint in the natural light that our cave deprives us of. We are usually hunched over a book cart bemoaning our fate or are clutching a piece of paper as we are sent out into the public to find the hidden tome of perplexion. We are going through withdrawal as ebooks slowly take over paper and ink books. You might find us with our noses in those rare physical books enjoying that irreplacable new book smell. Some of us, though, have also gone to the dark side because even we don't have the infinite space to keep all the books we love.

This is written by myself, the Assistant Cataloger and my partner The Cataloger. We brave the typewriter (damn the evil typewriter) and hide in terror of the cataloging mistakes of those gone past. Grab you library card, hide the small children and get ready to be overwhelmed with the fascinating information you just have to know.

From the words of the Almighty Overseer: "Praise The Lord and pass the Fiction!"

By: The Assistant Cataloger AKA The grunt AKA The one who sees beyond her desk.