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by | August 14, 2015 · 2:58 pm

Fun at the Library

Staff that work at library desks get asked lots of things; some of the questions are amusing. This isn’t from our Chico Branch Library but was posted on a blog. Library staff heard these variations as library users attempted to ask for the new Harper Lee book “Go Set a Watchman.”

People have asked for the following during the past week:

To Kill a Watchman

To Kill a Mockingjay

Go Tell It On the Watchman

Watch the Mockingbird

Go Set Your Watch, Man

“something about a wrist watch by that Harpo lady”

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by | July 21, 2015 · 2:03 pm

Sad Sign of the Times

So yesterday I was in town and got a text message saying that the DVD I’d been anxiously awaiting was ready for pickup at the library. Yeah! I would go right over and pick it up–Not! Why? Because it was Monday, and the library was closed. Grrrrr. I did go pick it up on Tuesday and observed the “tsunami Tuesday” in effect as people swarmed the library and staff were hustling after the Monday closure. How can we get those hours back?

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by | July 16, 2015 · 11:00 pm

Libraries are for Vacations too!

I love using library resources when I’m planning a vacation or even while actually travelling. I was recently 2000 miles away from Chico but had run out of reading material. Easy-peasy: I went to the library’s website and downloaded a book to my IPhone! I almost always use library books to help plan trips. Just learned where some of the best hiking trails are in Sequoia and King’s Canyon Parks where I’ll be next week from “Fodor’s Southern California 2015.” The library has lots of travel DVD’s too. It’s Happy Trails…thanks to BFodorsutte County Library!

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