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Free for all : oddballs, geeks, and gangstas in the public library / Don Borchert.

Summary:

Borchert offers readers a ringside seat for the unlikely spectacle of mayhem and absurdity that is business as usual at the public library. From the first page of this comic debut to the last, readers will learn everything about the world of the modern-day library that they never expected

Record details

ISBN: 1905264127
ISBN: 9781905264124
Physical Description: xv, 223 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Virgin Books, [2007]
Distributor: Distributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers.
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223).

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1 A Civil Servant Is Born 1 -- Chapter 2 A First Taste of the Library 9 -- Chapter 3 My First Year 15 -- Chapter 4 How It Used to Be 23 -- Chapter 5 Reference Desk 29 -- Chapter 6 Illegal Activity 39 -- Chapter 7 Civil Servant's Cycle of Life 47 -- Chapter 8 A Library Page 53 -- Chapter 9 Parent Conference 63 -- Chapter 10 Graduates 71 -- Chapter 11 Overdue Fines and Fees 77 -- Chapter 12 Wild Animals in the Library 85 -- Chapter 13 Friends of the Library 95 -- Chapter 14 Volunteers 103 -- Chapter 15 Renaissance Patron 111 -- Chapter 16 Card Registrations 117 -- Chapter 17 Cinco de Mayo 131 -- Chapter 18 MMM 141 -- Chapter 19 Hair On the Back of Your Neck 149 -- Chapter 20 Last Day of School 155 -- Chapter 21 Summer Crew 159 -- Chapter 22 Love Stories 169 -- Chapter 23 Vacation Time 177 -- Chapter 24 Flying Saucers and Lemon Squares 185 -- Chapter 25 Senior Librarians 191 -- Chapter 26 Special Events 199.