The second episode of Library War features bear punching, book shelving, and a fateful encounter with a book truck:
Our heroine Iku gets assigned to a special library task force, which means more training:

Sweet, Sweet Card catalogs:

I thought I’d post a few pictures from the first episode of Library War. My Japanese sucks, so I’m waiting for a fan sub. But the show looked very entertaining to me.

Our heroine encounters the evil thought police:

Well, this sounds intriguing, there’s a new anime coming out called Library War. Here’s a promo movie for it. {via}
Here’s some screen caps of the first episode and second episode

Tax Help at the Library
Kid Lit Dealbreakers
What Claudia Wore

While I don’t think I’m capable of devoting an entire week to Cheerleading, I felt compelled to compose at least one post in honor of Bring it On Week. Because libraries are also cheertastic!
Cheerleading can be dangerous. There’s the risk of injury and the horrible illnesses that may strike when you’re away at cheerleading camp […]

Aaron installed computers in the Colorado City Library
Some library related ask metafilter questions:
Social Networking for Research Collaboration
Library Lucifer
Getting a library card to access online databases

One of my holiday splurges was picking up a few New York Review Classics Books. I just finished The Dud Avocado and was amused by a few passages where Sally Jay demonstrates a pathological fear of becoming a spinster librarian. She has a recurring nightmare called the Dreaded Librarian Dream:
It’s all very vague. It takes […]

SLCPL has put up a catalog of their zine collection online, using drupal.

Cornell Alum Sues
I think that Birthday Ladies are universal library patrons. There has to be one in every community. I remember getting calls from a birthday lady when I was working the reference desk during library school.