SnideLibrarian

Snide librarian by day. Snide librarian by night.

[Tim Spalding 🇺🇦 @librarythingtim]

No library should have a Facebook "like" button in their catalog. Every time that button appears, Facebook is sucking up user data. It's a no-opt-out violation of your users' privacy.

[Tim Spalding 🇺🇦 @librarythingtim]

This isn't the argument anyone want to make, but *EVEN IF* colleges were 24/7 Maoist indoctrination, that would NOT threaten their non-profit status. The First Amendment requires the government to be content neutral. Politicians threatening like this is why that's essential.

[Jordan Wagaman @demotif]

the day trump was elected i cried on my parents’ staircase and was told there was little to no chance that he would roll back the civil rights of lgbtq people. and i kept crying and screaming because i knew this day was inevitable.

[ClonesArePeopleTwo @imissedthepoint]

@DrunkestLibrary I can't get over the hypocrisy of saying the government doesn't have the authority to close businesses but now they wanna use the government to force private businesses to reopen

[Melissa @melissa_library]

I did not create this meme(got it from twitter somewhere last year.) but maaaan is it relevant right now. #librarylife #librarytwitter

[SnideLibrarian @SnideLibrarian]

@DrunkestLibrary Ditto for fluffy and fluffer.

[Melissa DeWitt @Badgersssss]

@LibSkrat Funny how the library is seen as essential during a public health crisis, but not when administrators decide on budget cuts.

[SnideLibrarian @SnideLibrarian]

@librarythingtim TIL that plastic, Comet, crosswalk buttons, and bleach wipes predate Columbus by thousands of years.

[Fake Library Statistics @FakeLibStats]

If your librarian friend or family member says they need to go to a bookstore you take them and ask no questions. When they come out 8 hours later completely rejuvenated despite not being able to remember what they’ve been doing you should just smile. #protip

[southpaw @nycsouthpaw]

The coronavirus is not the zombie apocalypse. Odds are if you—a randomly selected person—get it, you will get past it. But there are people who face much worse odds than a randomly selected person, and you’re being asked to wash your hands and stay home when you’re sick FOR THEM.

[SnideLibrarian @SnideLibrarian]

Towel dispensers 5 feet off the floor that require a firm two-handed tug to get a towel without ripping it to shreds do not belong in *any* public restroom-- least of all one designated for use by people living with disabilities.

[SnideLibrarian @SnideLibrarian]

@hvtardiswltrvl @librarianprblms Or drop that same kid off at the library because the parent has to go to work and has no other means of child care.

[SnideLibrarian @SnideLibrarian]

When you ask the wrong question,
you usually get a nonsense answer.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

This is doubly true at the reference desk.

[Fake Library Statistics @FakeLibStats]

It is a scientific fact that one more rule or policy would solve 100% of a library’s problems

[SnideLibrarian @SnideLibrarian]

No, I cannot make your bank stop blocking your account. Just because you're seeing the blocked message on our computers does not mean I can change it. Contrary to popular belief, librarians do not control the Internet.

[SnideLibrarian @SnideLibrarian]

The library I was working at was the only non-emergency government agency in the county that stayed open on 9/11.

[SnideLibrarian @SnideLibrarian]

Calling a problem a "challenge" does not make it any less of a problem.

[SnideLibrarian @SnideLibrarian]

I'm not sure this statistic is actually fake.

[Fake Library Statistics @FakeLibStats]

15% of librarians don't normally respond to questions on email lists, but when they do they Reply All